WhatsApp provides an “Archive” feature that is great for avoiding distracting messages and managing your chats. You can use it to hide chat messages from anyone who wants to peep in. This article will outline the detailed steps to hide WhatsApp chat messages on Android & iPhone.
Can you hide a conversation on WhatsApp?
You can hide a conversation of a specific contact & group or all conversations on WhatsApp using the “Archive” feature. WhatsApp added this feature to assist users in organizing their chats.
Archiving a WhatsApp conversation means you will remove it from the Chats Tab but won’t delete them. WhatsApp doesn’t notify users when you archive their chats.
Unless another user mentions or replies to you, you don’t receive message notifications for archived chats.WhatsApp keeps the hidden chats at the top in the “Archived” tab. You can open them from here whenever you want.
How to hide WhatsApp chats on iPhone
The steps to hide WhatsApp chats on iphone are straightforward & take less than a minute. Here are the steps.
Archive a single chat of any user or Whatsapp Group.
- Open the WhatsApp app.
- Swipe left on a specific chat you want to archive.
- Tap on the “Archive” icon from the right side. The Archived chat will move straight to the “Archived folder” at the top. You can view & access all your archived conversations from here.
Archive multiple chats at once.
- You can archive multiple chats simultaneously.
- Tap on the “Edit” option at the top-right end for that.
- Select all WhatsApp chats you want to archive. Tap on the “Archive” option from the bottom left corner.
Archive all WhatsApp chats at once.
- Open your iPhone WhatsApp Settings.
- Tap on “Chats” & then “Archive All Chats.”
- Select “Archive All.”
How to hide WhatsApp chat on Android
The steps to hide WhatsApp chats on Android are similar to iPhone. Here are the steps.
Archive a single chat of any user or Whatsapp Group.
- Open the WhatsApp app.
- Tap on the “Chats” tab from the top.
- Hold the WhatsApp chat that you want to archive.
- Tap on the “Archive” icon from the top.
- You’ll see an “Archived” folder at the top of your chats. You can open all your archived chats from here.
- You can select multiple chats to Archive them at once.
Archive all WhatsApp chats at once.
- Tap on the “Three vertical dots” icon from the top-right corner.
- Tap “Settings.”
- Tap on “Chats.”
- Scroll down & tap on “Chat history.”
- Tap on “Archive all chats” & select “Ok.”
How can I hide WhatsApp chat without Archive?
You can use a more secure feature if you don’t want to archive your chats. WhatsApp has an inbuilt biometric feature that uses “fingerprint lock” on an Android smartphone & “FaceID or touch id” for iPhone. This feature ensures that no one can read & access your WhatsApp chats without your permission.
Steps to turn on the WhatsApp biometric lock on Android
- Open the WhatsApp app on your phone
- Select the “three dots” icon on the top right corner. select “Settings”
- Tap on the “Privacy” option.
- Scroll down & tap on the “Fingerprint lock.”
- Toggle on the option “Unlock with fingerprint.”
- To open your WhatsApp, you need to provide your fingerprint.
Steps to turn on the WhatsApp biometric lock on iPhone.
- Open your WhatsApp Settings.
- Tap on “Privacy.”
- Tap on “Screen Lock.”
- Enable any of them – “Require Touch ID” or “Require Face ID.” Select a standby mode time for WhatsApp before using Face Id or Touch Id.
