How to Send Large Files Through WhatsApp lets you send files largerthan 16MB limit as well, how it works

Send Large Files Through WhatsApp, WhatsApp is among the most popular messaging apps in the world. It is simple to use. It is loaded with features that allow users to share creative messages with their family and friends. And best of all, it allows users to share media files and documents, together with PDF files and Excel sheets, with different users.

But even this feature has some limitations. WhatsApp allows users to share files that are as much as 100MB in size. For videos recorded using WhatsApp, this limit is 16MB. If a user tries to send a file that's larger than this limit, the Facebook-owned messaging app will show an error message to the user. But thankfully there's a workaround that enables users to share files that are a lot bigger than 100MB using WhatsApp. Enter: Google Drive.

The trick to sending large files on WhatsApp lies in uploading these files on Google Drive and then sharing that link with the receiver on WhatsApp.

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Here’s a step-by-step account of how users can send large files using WhatsApp:

Step 1: Open Google Drive.

Step 2: Tap on the Plus icon on the bottom right corner of the display screen.

Step 3: Tap on Upload File > Tap on the Open option.

Step 4: Once the file has been uploaded you will see the file on the top in the Google Drive app.

Step 5: Tap on the three dots on the top proper corner of the file.

Step 6: Tap on the Copy Link option. Doing so will save a copy of the file’s shareable link in your phone’s Clipboard.

Step 7: Open WhatsApp > tap on the name of the contact with whom you wish to share the link.

Step 8: Long press after which tap on the Paste option.

Step 9: You will see a shareable link of the Google Drive file in the message box. Tap on Send!