Download All WhatsApp Group Photos and Videos at Once

To download all the photos and videos from a WhatsApp group at once, you have three options: use the phone app's media view to select everything and save it to the gallery, use WhatsApp Web's media tab to select and download in batches, or use a browser extension that collects the open group's media in one run. The first two work in chunks; the third is the only one that treats the whole group as one job.

The Mastros WhatsApp Media Downloader is the extension. Open the group in WhatsApp Web, choose Bulk Media & Links Download, and the photos, videos, voice notes and documents the group holds arrive on your computer as one ZIP, a folder per type, with nothing passing through anyone's server. If you also need the group's member list as a spreadsheet, export WhatsApp contacts to Excel or CSV from the same panel.

How do I download all the photos and videos from a WhatsApp group?

1. From the phone app's media view

Open the group and tap its name at the top.
Open Media, links and docs (Android) or Media (iPhone).
Long-press one item, then Select all where offered, or tap each item.
Choose Save or Share → Save to Photos.

Best for: a group with a few hundred items, on a phone. The selection tools differ by version, many builds cap how many items you can select at once, and everything lands in the camera roll mixed with your own photos.

2. Select and download in WhatsApp Web

Open web.whatsapp.com and the group.
Click the group name, then Media, links and docs.
Hover items and tick the boxes, then click the download icon. WhatsApp Web downloads the selection as a ZIP.
Repeat for each batch.

Best for: a computer, without installing anything. The media tab only lists what has loaded, the selection is per batch, and a big group is many batches.

3. Bulk download with the Mastros extension

Install the Mastros WhatsApp extension from the Chrome Web Store and open web.whatsapp.com in Chrome, Edge, Brave or another Chromium browser.
Open the group.
Choose Bulk Media & Links Download in the Mastros panel, tick the types you want, set how many files to go back, and start. The extension scrolls back through the group itself. Every run is started by hand; nothing downloads on its own.
The files arrive as one ZIP, with a folder per type and a manifest.csv of sender, time and caption.

Best for: a whole group, in one run, on a computer. Free covers 100 profiles and 100 messages a month with downloads counting toward the allowance; Pro is $9 a month for 5,000 profiles and 10,000 messages; Scale is $18 for the biggest limits.

What can and cannot be downloaded?

Only what your own WhatsApp Web can still show you. That rule covers every method above.

Deleted messages and expired view-once media are gone for every tool. There is no recovery path, and a tool claiming one is not reading WhatsApp.
Status updates are not chat media. The Mastros extension is not a status saver and does not download the Status tab.
Media not yet loaded in WhatsApp Web's media tab is not listed, so scroll back first there; the Mastros run scrolls back on its own.
Date ranges. WhatsSnap, one of the alternatives, offers date filters; Mastros has none: it counts back from the newest message to the number of files you set. The media downloader comparison covers that trade.

Which method should I use?

	Phone media view	WhatsApp Web select	Mastros extension
Whole group in one go	No, in selections	No, in batches	Yes, one run
Videos and voice notes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Where files go	Camera roll	Downloads, as ZIPs	One ZIP with a manifest.csv
Passes through a third party	No	No	No
Needs a computer	No	Yes	Yes
Price	Free	Free	Free tier, then $9 / $18 a month

Who this is not for

Anyone who wants Status media. That is a different tool and a different tab; this is for chats and groups.
Anyone hoping to recover deleted or view-once files. Nothing does.
Anyone who needs this on a phone with no computer nearby. Method 1 is the phone route; the extension needs WhatsApp Web in a browser.

FAQ

Is there a way to download all photos from a WhatsApp group?

Yes. On a phone, select them in the group's media view and save. On a computer, tick them in WhatsApp Web's media tab, or use the Mastros WhatsApp Media Downloader to collect the whole group's photos, videos and voice notes in one run.

How do I select all pictures in a WhatsApp group?

In the group's Media view on the phone, long-press an item and use Select all where the app offers it; otherwise tap each. In WhatsApp Web, tick items in the media tab and download the batch as a ZIP.

Does the group know when I download its media?

No. Downloading only reads, and it happens on your side. WhatsApp sends no notification, and the extension never sends messages, forwards anything, or does anything another member could see.

Can I download a WhatsApp group's photos on a PC?

Yes, from WhatsApp Web: tick them in the media tab and download the ZIP, or run Bulk Media & Links Download in the Mastros panel for the whole group at once.

Can I also save the group's messages and member list?

Yes, from the same panel. Chat Messages backs up the loaded conversation as CSV, JSON or JSONL, one row per message, and Group Members saves the member list with names, roles and numbers where WhatsApp shows them.

How to Download All Photos and Videos From a WhatsApp Group at Once