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| Video sent as media | 16 MB |
|---|---|
| Sent as a document | 2 GB |
Last checked 2026-08-18.
WhatsApp caps videos at 16 MB when you send them from the gallery or camera — the normal way — and it re-compresses them on top of that, which is why clips arrive looking soft.
There is a way around the 16 MB cap: attach the video as a document instead of as media. WhatsApp then allows up to 2 GB and skips its own re-compression, so quality survives. The trade-off is that it arrives as a file to download rather than an inline player.
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Video sent as media: 16 MB. Sent as a document: 2 GB. Checked 2026-08-18.
Drop it above — the 16 MB target is already selected. Papayacut works out the bitrate your clip's length allows, encodes, then checks the result and tries again if it came out over.
No. Compression runs inside your browser with WebAssembly, so the file never leaves your device — nothing is uploaded, stored or kept after you download.
Short clips usually survive well. Longer ones have to spread the same budget over more seconds, so the picture softens — dropping the resolution keeps it sharp rather than blocky. Trimming first is the single best way to protect quality.
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