any way to detect [Redirected] attachments[pictures, videos, docs, etc.] ?

[Assassin9520]

Hi again, my dear friend.

do you believe is there a way to detect if a picture, for example was redirected into the current export?
Because, for example, my usecase is:
i want to delete older pictures from current whatsapp media(from mobile app), but don't want to delete also the redirects inside it.

(from what i documented so far[via native whatsapp "export conversation" feature], when you do redirect something from outer conversation in current conversation [to be exported], whatsapp creates a *pointer to the original material.)

also from what i *believe (not research), i think whatsapp holds a flag into their own app database (when you see redirected in their app), but on the txt file you don't see such thing.

anyway,
can you please tell me from your own research?

[Assassin9520]

hi :)
let me know your thoughts

[mtln]

I'm sorry I can't help you with that. I only deal with the export file generated by WhatsApp (which is easily accessible for all users), not the internal data structures / db. So I don't know an automated way to figure out which picture on your device referenced by which WhatsApp chat.