WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps across the globe. With over a billion users, it is an essential tool for communication, both personal and professional.
But one of the biggest concerns for users is privacy. Can you hide a WhatsApp chat? The answer is yes – but it depends on what you want to hide.
Hiding Chats from Home Screen
If you want to hide your chats from your home screen, you can do this by archiving them. You can archive individual or group chats through the menu in each chat or by swiping left on the conversation in your chats list. Once archived, the conversation will be moved out of your inbox and into a separate “Archived Chats” folder which can only be accessed through the main menu.
Hiding Chat Notifications
If you want to continue receiving messages from someone but don’t want to be notified about it every time they message you, you can mute notifications for that chat. This will still allow messages from that person to come through, but you won’t receive any sound or vibration notifications when they send them.
To mute notifications, open any conversation and tap on the name at the top of the screen. From here, select “Mute Notifications” and choose how long you want to mute them for.
Hiding Your Online Status
If you don’t want people to know when you’re online or active on WhatsApp, then there is an option available to hide this information. By going into Settings > Account > Privacy > Last Seen, you can choose who can see your online status (e.g., Everyone, My Contacts etc.).
You can also choose whether or not people can see when you were last active on WhatsApp.
Conclusion : As we have seen above, there are various ways in which we can hide our WhatsApp chats depending on our needs and preferences – from hiding them from view on our home screen to hiding our online status from certain contacts. With these features being available in WhatsApp itself, users now have greater control over their privacy and more control over what others see about them within the app.