How to Forward WhatsApp Images Without Losing the Captions

WhatsApp allows you to caption the images that you send to your friends and it also allows you to forward those you receive or send. After all, forwarding makes it easier to share images with multiple contacts who may not be part of the same WhatsApp group.

But if you try to forward a captioned image, WhatsApp discards your funny, witty, or informative description.

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However, there is a way to send forward an image on WhatsApp with the caption included. Here’s how…

How to Forward WhatsApp Images With Their Captions on Android

If you don’t want to spend more effort retyping captions for the pictures you’ve already sent to WhatsApp contacts, here’s how to forward a captioned image on WhatsApp for Android.

If the person or group to which you want to forward the captioned image is displayed, select the option. Otherwise, select the WhatsApp app icon; then select the desired contact or group.

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Then, hit the greenSendbutton at the bottom right of your screen. The image with its caption should load in the chat window of your choice. Hit theSendbutton to send this image with its associated caption.

Unfortunately, there isn’t a way to forward multiple captioned images on WhatsApp for Android. You’ll have to laboriously forward each captioned image individually, repeating the process for each one.

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You should note though thatView Once images on WhatsAppcan’t be forwarded or shared.

However, for other images, this workaround on Android is one of manyuseful hidden WhatsApp tricks.

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Forward WhatsApp Images With Their Captions on iPhone

As tedious as the process is on Android, it is even more so for WhatsApp for iPhone. You’re going to have to copy each caption and then add it to the image forward before sending it off.

Here’s how to forward an image and its caption to your WhatsApp contacts on iPhone.

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This workaround isn’t a true fix like on Android, but will allow you to share captions more easily when forwarding images.

Can You Forward Images With Their Captions on WhatsApp for Web?

If you’re looking for a faster way on WhatsApp Web, you’ll be disappointed to find out that there is no workaround here.

You cannot forward an image with its caption on the web version of WhatsApp. There isn’t an option to share images, and selecting theForwardoption will send the selected image to your contact minus its caption.

Maintain Your Humor When Forwarding Images on WhatsApp

We caption our images to give them context and perhaps to add a dash of our personality to the shots we’re passionate about.

But if you want a little less tedium, you don’t have to go through the annoying process of re-typing your image captions on WhatsApp when sharing images with multiple contacts. With this workaround, onerous in its own respect, you may forward to your WhatsApp friends images with their original captions intact.

Whether you’re preserving image quality or saving data, WhatsApp’s photo quality setting can help. Learn how to quickly tweak your image resolution.

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