How to send photos without losing quality on WhatsApp

Have you ever sent a photo over WhatsApp only to see it look blurry or pixelated? By default, WhatsApp compresses photos to reduce file size and make sharing quick .but that comes at the cost of image quality. Whether you're sharing professional shots, travel memories, or important documents, knowing how to send HD photos on WhatsApp without losing quality can make a huge difference. In this guide, you’ll learn how to send high-quality pictures on WhatsApp, why your images may appear blurry, and easy step-by-step instructions to keep your photos looking sharp.

How to Send Photos Without Losing Quality on WhatsApp

If you use WhatsApp for business purposes or WhatsApp has become an everyday messenger for you, sending quality photos is probably very important to you and your friends. We must say that there are tricks to send photos without losing quality on WhatsApp that are very simple but may have escaped your attention. We will examine these tricks below with photos and more detailed explanations.

Enable HD mode for uploading photos on WhatsApp

The first thing you can do to send high-quality photos on WhatsApp is to enable HD quality in WhatsApp settings for uploading photos. WhatsApp has a feature that allows you to adjust the quality of uploading photos.

To do this, follow the instructions below:

1. Log in to WhatsApp and go to the "Storage and data" section from the settings.

2. Go to the "upload quality" section.

3. Select the highest quality option "HD quality".

Note. If the photos you want to send are very large, they may be subject to a size limit and as a result, their quality will be reduced. Therefore, this option only preserves the quality of the photos to some extent.

Send photos without losing quality on whatsapp iphone

If you want WhatsApp to not apply any compression to the photos you send and to maintain their quality. The steps to send photos without losing quality on WhatsApp iPhone via document or file mode are as follows:

Enter the desired chat and click on the + or paperclip icon.

Select the "Document" option.

Click on the "choose photo or video" option and select and send the desired images from the device's memory.

Send high-quality photos on WhatsApp Android by changing the file extension

One of the tricks you can use to send photos without losing quality on WhatsApp Android is to change the file extension to PDF or DOC. To be able to change the extension of a photo:

Open the desired photo with the Files app, select the "Rename" option.

Change the file extension to pdf.

After selecting the desired file, select the "share" option from the bottom of the screen.

Send the PDF file via WhatsApp.

Zipping photos to send with quality on WhatsApp

Another trick to send photos without losing quality on WhatsApp is to install an app like zip to compress the photos. So, install a compression app like RAR or ZArchiver for your iPhone or Android phone and then follow the instructions below:

Open the app, select the photos and convert them to a ZIP or RAR file by selecting the "compress" option.

In WhatsApp, send the ZIP file via Document.

✅️In the image below, you can see that the file has been sent. Your recipient will need to extract or unzip it to open the file (meaning that they have a zip program or similar versions to be able to open the file)

Note. Use this method when you want to send a large number of photos at once, in fact with a folder. You can also convert the photos to zip on your computer and then send them via WhatsApp Web instead of installing the app on your phone.

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Sending photos without losing quality on WhatsApp Web via the cloud

If the number and size of the photos you want to send are large, the best thing to do is upload those photos to the cloud and share the link to access the photos. To do this:

Log into your browser on your computer and search for Google Drive or other cloud spaces such as Dropbox and log in, enter your email to log in and click on the "New" option from the right corner of the screen.

Select the "folder upload" option. (Note that you must have already put the photos in a separate folder on your computer or laptop)

Click on the desired folder and select the "share" option from the three dots above.

Then click on "copylink".

✅️Now you can log into WhatsApp Web and send the desired link to the contact you want. By clicking on the link, your contact will be redirected to the photo access page and to view them, all they need to do is enter their email in Google Drive.