The most popular messaging app in the world does not stop making improvements in order to continue being the star on our mobile phones. A few months ago, WhatsApp introduced new features for both Android and iOS, and you may still be unaware of some of those features . For example, WhatsApp allows you to hide your activity status or “Last Seen” from your friends and family for more privacy. You can also hide the received and saved multimedia files in the gallery of the device. In addition, you also have the option to hide the blue marks so that our contacts do not see when we have read the message or messages. And, the one that concerns us today, the possibility of guaranteeing that the personal privacy of the user is maintained by hiding or archiving conversations without having to delete them.
And, despite the fact that WhatsApp messages are end-to-end encrypted, maybe if you live in a house with many members this will not work so well or even if someone asks you to borrow your phone for a moment. Remember that, for this, the company owned by Facebook also introduced an authentication function. With WhatsApp’s fingerprint lock feature, you can keep your chats safe from prying eyes. If you do not want to use this feature, there is also the option that we present to you today to hide a particular WhatsApp chat.
Why hide a WhatsApp chat?
The reason is the least, everyone will have their own, but basically the goal is that it is not displayed on the home screen of the application. If you want to create an order and list only the conversations you interact with every day or if you want to hide a secret chat from someone in particular, WhatsApp makes it possible thanks to a native function available in the settings menu.
Are those chats lost? By no means are they just hidden; this means that they can be retrieved at any time. Of course, remember that if you receive a new message from an archived or hidden chat, it will be displayed on the main chat screen.
Hide a conversation on Android
- Open the WhatsApp application and find the specific chat that you want to hide from others.
- Long press the chat you want to archive
- Select the icon at the top that looks like a box with the down arrow, File.
- The conversation is already hidden
You can immediately show the chat by scrolling to the bottom of the chats. There you will see the option “Archived” , and you just have to touch it to re-enter. The moment you open it, you will find all your archived or hidden chats.
If you want to archive all conversations, the way is similar: Chat → Chat history → Archive all chats. If you do, the conversations will automatically be removed from the home screen.
To get them back, the process is very simple, you just need to long-press the chat to remove its hidden status.
Hide a conversation on iOS
- Go to the Chats screen
- Swipe left over the conversation and click on “Archive”.
- If you want to archive all messages, tap Settings → Chats → Archive all chats.
- To unarchive the conversations, click on the “Search” bar and write the name of the contact.
- If you click on it and slide your finger to the left, you can select the “Unarchive” option.
