Trying to forward the image with caption on WhatsApp to your friend but end up only the image has been sent? That’s normal. It happened to me as well. Turns out, you can’t use the same forward function as you forward the normal text message. This is how to forward image with caption on WhatsApp.
Forwarding an image with caption is a little bit tricky, you need to use the share function instead of the normal forward function. But don’t worry, I’ll make it easier for you to follow. Here’s the step-by-step how to forward image with caption on WhatsApp for Android and iOS.
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How to forward image with caption on WhatsApp
The method will be slightly different between WhatsApp on Android and iOS.
For WhatsApp on Android
- Launch WhatsApp.
- Open the chat contain the image and caption.
- Tap and hold the message that contain image and caption.
- The messages will be hilited, this indicates the message has been selected.
- Look at the top navigation bar, tap Share button.
- Under Share With, select WhatsApp.
- Select the recipient you wanted to forward the message.
- The image will open in Edit mode and the caption will automatically added.
- Tap Send button to send the image with the caption.
For WhatsApp on iOS
- Launch WhatsApp.
- Open the chat contain the image and caption.
- Tap and hold on the caption.
- The messages will be hilited, this indicates the message has been selected.
- From the floating bar, select Copy.
- Tap and hold on the image.
- From the floating bar, select Forward.
- Tap Share button.
- Select WhatsApp.
- Select the recipient you wanted to forward the message.
- The image will open in Edit mode.
- Tap and hold inside the caption field, select Paste to paste the caption.
- Tap Send button to send the image with the caption.
That’s it, done. This is how you can forward image and caption on WhatsApp for Android and iOS. If you have any questions, please let me know in the comment below.