How to block a chat
A chat lock should ensure more privacy in WhatsApp in the future. With the new feature, you can move entire conversations to a locked folder to hide them from your overview. We’ll show you how to block a chat on WhatsApp.
WhatsApp has been working on new privacy settings for several years. With the chat block, another feature has now been added to the Meta subsidiary.
Because the chat lock on WhatsApp should offer you “more privacy for your personal conversations” in the future. The messenger service announces this in a blog post.
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This is the chat lock on WhatsApp
With the chat lock, WhatsApp wants to offer you “additional protection for your very personal conversations” in the future. Because with the new feature, the respective chat not only disappears from your overview. WhatsApp also automatically turns off notifications.
According to the Meta subsidiary, this is particularly important for users who sometimes give their smartphones to other family members but are waiting for a “special chat message”.
Block chat on WhatsApp: This is how the chat block works
If you blocked a chat on WhatsApp, it will be removed from your inbox. You can then find it in the Blocked Chats folder.
Similar to your chat archive, you will also find this folder at the top of the screen next to your chats. Unlike the archived chats, however, you can only unlock the folder for locked content with your device password or the stored biometric data such as a fingerprint or face scan.
This is how you can set up the chat block on WhatsApp
If you want to use the WhatsApp chat lock for a chat, open the respective conversation and click on the name of the contact or group. Now select “Lock” and move the chat to the secret folder.
To open your blocked chats you have to scroll to the top of your inbox. Here you will find the “Blocked Chats” folder between your search bar and the archived chats.
WhatsApp plans to expand the new feature in the coming months. Then it should also be possible to block companion devices. It should also be possible to assign a self-defined password in the future.
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