Vid-20180110-wa0168.mp4 • Editor's Choice

Because WhatsApp names are generic, they are difficult to search for years later. To future-proof your memories, consider important clips to include keywords (e.g., 2018-01-10-Birthday-Party.mp4 ) and moving them to a dedicated cloud backup like Google Photos or iCloud, which will index the date automatically.

Every part of the "VID-20180110-WA0168" string serves as a timestamp and identifier: VID-20180110-WA0168.mp4

: This is the date the video was saved to your device in YYYYMMDD format. In this case, the video was received or recorded on January 10, 2018 . WA : This indicates the source is WhatsApp . Because WhatsApp names are generic, they are difficult