: A unique serial number assigned by the app for that specific day. Why you can't find it easily
Occasionally, a viral video is saved and reshared so many times that people start searching for it by its WhatsApp name. However, without a description of what happens in the video (e.g., "a cat jumping," "a wedding prank"), it's impossible to identify. VID 20180127 WA0165 mp4
: The date the video was saved or sent (January 27, 2018). WA : Stands for WhatsApp. : A unique serial number assigned by the
Based on the filename , What the filename tells us This is a standard naming convention used by WhatsApp : VID : Short for Video. : The date the video was saved or sent (January 27, 2018)
, or are you trying to recover it from an old device?
If you found this filename in a database or a "deleted files" list, it's a personal video from your (or someone's) WhatsApp media folder from early 2018.