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WhatsApp folders

What WhatsApp keeps on your Mac, which folders are safe to delete, and what you lose.

Folder	Safe to delete?
`~/Library/Containers/net.whatsapp.WhatsApp/Data/Library/Caches` Temporary files	Safe
`~/Library/Group Containers/group.net.whatsapp.WhatsApp.shared` WhatsApp chats	Keep
`~/Library/Group Containers/group.net.whatsapp.WhatsApp.shared/Message/Media` Chat photos and videos	Check first

Clean up WhatsApp with Gigabroom

Open Gigabroom and wait for the scan.
Open Clean Up and look under the group for these folders. Every folder above is named and labeled (Safe, Rebuilds itself, Check first, Keep).
Tick what you want to remove and click Clean Up. Items go to the Trash first.