WhatsApp Secret Tips and Tricks that you don’t know about
For those acquainted with WhatsApp, here are a few mystery tips you probably won’t be aware of, blended in with a couple of standard tips for those new to the help.
There are currently loads of informing administrations around, however WhatsApp has piles of elements and is very broadly utilized – the Facebook-claimed application says it has north of two billion clients around the world, which is amazing.
So here are a few mystery tips you probably won’t be aware of, blended in with a couple of standard tips for those new to WhatsApp.
WhatsApp tips and tricks
Send your location to a contact
WhatsApp permits you to send photographs and recordings to contacts, as well as offer a contact or report however you can likewise send your area. This is exceptionally helpful assuming that you’re meeting a companion some place, particularly assuming that you settle on Share Live Location, which permits your contact to see your Live Location for the term you pick so they can follow you. Term times are set at 15 minutes, 1 hour or 8 hours.
iOS:=
Chat > Specific chat > Tap on “+” to the left of the message box > Location > Share Live Location > Select time frame.
Android:=
Chat > Specific chat > Tap on the paperclip to the right of the message box > Location > Share Live Location > Select time frame.
You can see everyone you are sharing your live location with by opening Settings > Account > Privacy > Live Location.
Search all your chats
Somebody could have sent you their location or you could recall discussing a particular program or film however you would rather not look at every one of your messages to attempt to track down the thing you’re searching for. At the highest point of every one of your talks on iOS there is an search bar. On Android, there’s a pursuit symbol.
You can type anything into the search bar, from the beginning of a town name assuming you’re searching for a location to a particular word and every one of the talks with that word will show up underneath as unambiguous messages. Tapping on a particular outcome will take you to that piece of the visit discussion you had.
Search a specific chat
You can also search about a specific chat rather than all. This chat could be about a particular visiting place, a contact number, or an address.
iOS:=
Chats > Specific chat > Tap on contact info at the top > Chat Search > Type in the search bar that appears at the top of that specific chat.
Android:=
Chats > Specific chat > Open the menu top right > Search > Type in the search bar that appears at the top of that specific chat.
Make a video or voice call using WhatsApp
With WhatsApp you can also make video or voice calls too. It uses your internet connection rather than your talktime minutes.
iOS & Android:=
Chats > Specific chat > Press the call icon or video icon in the top right corner.
Find who you talk to most
There is also a way to find which person send you the most messages and how much disk space each person takes up.
iOS & Android:=
Settings > Data and Storage Usage > Storage Usage > Select Contact.
Quickly delete all photos, GIFs, videos, messages or stickers from a certain chat
It is also possible to clear all messages, photos, or videos, GIFs, contacts, locations, voice messages, documents, and stickers in a chat.
That is, you can delete all the messages in a group chat or a particular chat but leave the photos.
iOS & Android:=
Settings > Data and Storage Usage > Storage Usage > Select Contact > Manage > Tick the boxes next to what you want to clear, such as Videos or Voice Messages > Confirm Clear.
Save your data allowance
Assuming you have a restricted information remittance, you don’t need WhatsApp chomping it all away. Fortunately, you can alter when media is permitted to download, as well as guarantee calls use as little information as could be expected.
iOS & Android:=
Settings > Data and Storage Usage > Media Auto-Download > Switch to Wi-Fi only for each option to save your data.
Find out how much data you’re using
On the off chance that you’re stressed over your information utilization, you can find out precisely the amount you are utilizing. You’ll get a breakdown of all out number of sent and gotten messages, as well as information sent and got.
iOS & Android:=
Settings > Account > Data Usage > Network Usage.
Use WhatsApp on the web and desktop
WhatsApp isn’t restricted to your cell phone. There’s a web application that adjusts everything from your telephone and there’s a desktop application as well. Go to https://web.whatsapp.com/ or download the desktop application from whatsapp.com/download/
You must open WhatsApp on your phone > Settings > WhatsApp Web/Desktop > Scan the QR code on the browser or Desktop app > Follow the instructions.
Both the web and work area application will present visits and alarms on your PC, permitting you to answer rapidly and without any problem. Your telephone should be associated for it to work however so assuming you lose your association, the web application will quit adjusting until you get your telephone association back.
Change the wallpaper on your WhatsApp chat screen
WhatsApp has a standard backdrop, which will show up as a foundation on your visits in general. You can change this backdrop however, with choices including strong varieties, your own photographs along with an assortment of pictures from WhatsApp itself.
iOS:=
Settings > Chats > Chat Wallpaper > Choose Wallpaper Library, Solid Colours or Photos.
Android:=
Settings > Chats > Chat Wallpaper > Choose Wallpaper Library, Solid Colours, Gallery, Default or No Wallpaper.
WhatsApp privacy tips and tricks
Require Face ID or Touch ID to unlock WhatsApp
If you need twofold security on your WhatsApp visits, it’s workable for iOS clients to set their WhatsApp record to require Face ID or Touch ID confirmation while opening WhatsApp, in any event, when your gadget is opened.
You’ll in any case have the option to answer to messages from notices and answer calls assuming WhatsApp is locked. It’s likewise conceivable to set the length of time you need the Screen Lock element to kick in.
iOS:=
Settings > Account > Privacy > Screen Lock > Toggle on Require Face ID / Require Touch ID > Select the time duration (Immediately, after a minute, after 15 minutes or after an hour).
How to see and turn off last seen
WhatsApp’s most recently seen include permits you to see when somebody last actually look at WhatsApp, as well as permit clients to see when you last checked. If a contact hasn’t debilitated last seen, it will show up under their name at the highest point of an open talk. To handicap last seen:
iOS & Android:=
Settings > Account > Privacy > Last Seen > Switch to Nobody.
Hide the blue ticks
Those blue ticks can cause you problems, particularly when you don’t answer quickly and somebody sees you have perused their messages. You can switch them off, however it’s important that assuming you do, you will not get perused receipts for your messages by the same token.
Apple clients: If you get Siri to peruse the message, the blue ticks will not show up so this could be an effective method for perusing a message without the source realizing you have. Android clients: If you read your messages in notices, the source will not get the blue ticks.
iOS:=
Settings > Account > Privacy > Toggle off Read Receipts.
Android:=
Settings > Account > Privacy > Untick Read Receipts.
Stop people seeing your messages
At any point passed your telephone to a companion and in a flash overreacted about the messages they could own come? Better believe it, we haven’t all things considered. For the individuals who have, you can switch off message reviews on iOS so just the contact’s name will show up, as opposed to their biography, or you can switch off notices out and out.
iOS:=
Settings > Notifications > Toggle off Show Preview / Settings > Notifications > Toggle off Show Notifications.
Android offers a scope of warning controls. Inside the WhatsApp application itself, you can switch off high need warnings – those that will spring up at the highest point of the screen. Or on the other hand you have some control over the warnings at a framework level to totally keep subtleties hidden or eliminate them.
Android:=
Settings > Notifications > Toggle off Use high priority notifications.
Hide your profile picture
You probably won’t believe that everybody should see your profile picture, particularly in the event that you’re essential for a few gatherings where you don’t know everybody in the gathering. Or on the other hand maybe you simply extravagant being somewhat puzzling for the afternoon. One way or the other, you can pick if everybody, nobody, or just your contacts see your image.
iOS & Android:=
Settings > Account > Privacy > Profile Photo.
How to block a WhatsApp contact
There are a lot of motivations behind why you should obstruct a contact so we will not inquire as to why. We will just tell you that assuming you block a get in touch with, you will not have the option to send or get messages, or settle on or get decisions from them and regardless of whether you unblock them, you won’t see any messages shipped off you while they were hindered.
iOS & Android:=
Chats > Specific chat > Tap on contact subject at the top > Scroll down to the bottom > Block Contact.
Stop images and video appearing in your gallery
Sharing photographs and video on WhatsApp is perfect, yet you probably won’t need it added to your telephone’s display. On Android, an envelope is made in the display of course, while on iOS, it recoveries to your camera roll. In the event that you don’t need that, you can switch it off.
iOS:=
Settings > Chats > Toggle off Save to Camera Roll.
Android:=
Settings > Chats > Toggle off Show Media in Gallery.
Change automatic image/video saving preferences for specific chats
Changing the programmed picture and video inclinations for explicit chats is likewise conceivable. You should ensure pictures are generally saved from your family for instance, while you’d don’t really want to have all pictures from a gathering talk in your exhibition or camera roll.
All visits are set to default (off) except if you transform them separately yet there is the choice to constantly save pictures and recordings from a contact or never save them.
iOS:=
Chat > Specific chat > Tap on contact or subject at top of display > Save to Camera Roll > Set to Always or Never.
Download and view your WhatsApp data report
If you want to download and view the data Facebook-owned WhatsApp collects on you, you can download and view a data report.
iOS and Android:=
Settings > Account > Request Account Info > Request Report.
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