@kafangi
Stop showing hidden files on your gallery app. It's obvious statuses are saved on your device once successfully downloaded weather viewed or not, haziendi kwa hewa on yout device. You can as well add .nomedia file in your statuses folder to hide everything there.
Mnisaidie hapa natumia normal WhatsApp but nikiview status ya mtu inasave status kwa gallery yangu, zingine ata sijaview napata zimejaa kwa gallery yangu, solution ni gani?