Whatsapp-file-formats

21+ Supported File Formats You Can Send In WhatsApp [TESTED]

When sending files using WhatsApp, you can send videos, audio, or document files. However, not all file extensions are supported by WhatsApp.

When you attempt to send an unsupported file format, you will encounter the following error message;

The file format is not supported.

This means that WhatsApp does not support the sending of this file extension.

In this article, we tested several file formats to determine which ones are supported by WhatsApp.

What are all the different file formats that WhatsApp supports?

Our test is conducted using three (3) different file types, namely;

  • Video files
  • Audio files
  • Document files

Supported Video File Formats

Here is the complete list of video file formats we have tested.

Based on our test results, Whatsapp only supports the following video file formats; MP4, M4V, MKV, MOV, WEBM, 3G2, and RMVB.

S/noFile ExtensionAble to Send?Able to View?
1MP4YesYes
2M4VYesYes
3MKVYesYes
4MOVYesYes
5WEBMYesYes
63G2YesYes
7RMVBYesNo, use external media player
8MPEG*NoNo
9MPEG-2*NoNo
10FLV*NoNo
11WMV*NoNo
12DIVX*NoNo
13RM*NoNo
14OGV*NoNo
153GPNoNo

Supported Audio File Formats

Here is the complete list of audio file formats we have tested.

Based on our test results, Whatsapp supports most audio file formats. They are AAC, AMR, FLAC, M4A, M4R, MP3, OGG, WAV, and WMA.

S/noFile ExtensionAble to Send?Able to View?
1AACYesYes
2AMRYesYes
3FLACYesYes
4M4AYesYes
5M4RYesYes
6MP3YesYes
7OGGYesYes
8WAVYesYes
9WMANoNo

Supported Document File Formats

Here is the complete list of document file formats we have tested.

Based on our test results, Whatsapp supports sending all the document file formats we used to test it. They are DOC, XLS, PPT, PDF, TXT, HTML, and EPUB.

However, you must install an external document viewer to view them, especially on a mobile device.

For example, you need to install an EPUB reader and PDF viewer to view these files.

S/noFile ExtensionAble to Send?Able to View?
1DOCYesNo
2XLSYesNo
3PPTYesNo
4PDFYesNo
5TXTYesNo
6HTMLYesNo
7EPUBYesNo

Summary

We tested three (3) different file types: video, audio, and document.

Thirty-one (31) file extensions are used to test WhatsApp to determine how many file formats it can support.

Out of which, our test concluded that a total of twenty-two (22) file extensions are supported and allowed to be sent to the Whatsapp recipient through its server.


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