How to stop people from adding you to a WhatsApp group

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It is important to know that if a person cannot add you to a WhatsApp group, they can still send you an invitation message to be able to join the group by yourself, in which you can have the choice of accepting or rejecting the invitation to join the group. Below is how to stop people from adding you to a WhatsApp group.

How to stop people from adding you to a WhatsApp group

When talking about WhatsApp, is one of the most populous messaging apps and a very known social media platform that has more than 1.5 billion monthly active users. Even one of the most used apps if not the most used. WhatsApp has helped its users to stay connected and always be in touch with friends and family throughout the whole world. Communication on WhatsApp is done through messages, audio calls, and video calls. One of the demerits of WhatsApp is by adding a user to an unknown group, even without the person’s consent.

Restrictions can be placed on your WhatsApp on who can add you to a new WhatsApp group. At times what makes this WhatsApp group more frustrating and boring is that the group will not serve the purpose it is created for, that is when members of the group will start posting long morning messages, preaching, and advertising what they are selling (shoe, data subscription, cloth, ladies’ underwear, etc.).

Then below is a step-by-step guide on how to stop people from adding you to a WhatsApp group.

Restricting people from adding you to a WhatsApp group.

Below is how to stop people from adding you to a WhatsApp group:

  1. Click to open WhatsApp on your phone.
  2. Click on the three dots located in the right corner of the screen and click on settings.
  3. Then click on Account.
  4. Also, click on Privacy.
  5. Then click on Groups where you will have three options.
  6. Then select one out of the three options shown, Everyone, My Contacts, and My Contacts Except.
  7. Then select an option of your choice, based on who you want them to be able to add you up.

It is important to know that if a person cannot add you to a WhatsApp group, they can still send you an invitation message to be able to join the group by yourself, in which you can have the choice of accepting or rejecting the invitation to join the group. It is quite essential to know that the invitation link sent to you is valid for just 72 hours (approximately 3 days), which is quite enough for you to decide if you are joining the group or not. This also leads to hiding and unhiding chats on WhatsApp.

How to unhide and hide chat in WhatsApp

There are lots of reasons to unhide and hide chat on this Green App (WhatsApp), this reason may vary according to different users but users patronize this feature (unhide and hide chat) for their privacy. So WhatsApp has also included these features together with other features as WhatsApp is one of the most populous messaging apps in the world.

There has not been an exact way to hide or lock a specific chat. But WhatsApp has been introducing the “Touch ID” and the “Face ID” lock for iPhones and the “Fingerprint” lock for Android applications to keep users’ chat safe.

How chat can be hidden in WhatsApp.

Charts can be hidden on Android and iPhones as follows

For Android devices

  • Access your WhatsApp and locate the chat that you wish to hide.
  • Then you can long-press on the chart that you want to hide.
  • And finally, click on the “Archive” button located at the top right to hide the chat

Note: Immediately your chat is achieved, they will not be seen on your chat list.

For Apple iPhones

  • Access your WhatsApp and identify the chat to be hidden.
  • Then swipe to the right on the chat and click on the “Archive” button.
  • The chat is achieved immediately.

Note: The chat achieved will no longer appear on your chat list.

How to unhide chats in WhatsApp

Chats that have been hidden in the achieve chat can be unhidden as follows:

For Android devices

  • Launch your WhatsApp and scroll down to the bottom of the chat.
  • The “Archive” option can be located and then click on it to see your achieved chats.
  • You can then long-press on the chat you wish to unhide and click on the “Unarchive chat” button located at the top right corner.

Apple iPhones

  • Lunch your WhatsApp and go directly to the top of the chat list.
  • Then pull down to get the “Archived Chats” option.
  • You can then tap on the “Archived Chats” option and then swipe to the right on the chat that you wish to unarchive.
  • And tap on “Unarchive”.

NOTE: The chat will later display in your chat list immediately after you unarchive.

You can download your WhatsApp through https://www.whatsapp.com, if not already downloaded.

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