HOW TO ACTIVATE SECRET WHATSAPP FEATURES

WhatsApp is one of the most popular instant messaging applications. This one application stores various secret features that are still not widely known.

Some of these secret features make things easier when using WhatsApp. How to activate the WhatsApp secret feature is also fairly easy, depending on each feature.

These features are here to maximize the use of WhatsApp, both on Android and iPhone, citing various sources.

1. Deleting Messages Automatically

Chats that are too long will take up a portion of the phone’s memory. Meanwhile, to delete it periodically sometimes feels inconvenient.

Citing CNET, to overcome this, WhatsApp issued a feature where you can delete messages automatically after seven days. Here’s how to activate it.

Open the WhatsApp
Open the intended chat, either personal account or group account
Tap the contact or group name at the top
Enable the ‘Disappearing Messages’ option

2. Bookmark Important Messages

Some messages may be considered important, whether it concerns work or family matters. In order not to forget, you can mark the message. Here’s how to activate this WhatsApp secret feature.

Open the WhatsApp app
Open the target chat
Long tap on one of the messages deemed important
Tap on ‘Star’ option or star icon

3. See Who’s In Most Contact

Curious who are your closest friends on WhatsApp? You can see it easily.

The method is the same, whether on Android or iPhone. Here’s how.

Open the WhatsApp
Open Settings
Open Data and Storage
Open Manage Storage
You can see a list of the most intense contacts coming into your WhatsApp
Tap each contact to see more detailed statistics

4. Custom Notifications

Messages from some contacts on WhatsApp may be considered important. For example, messages from work groups, husbands, wives, parents, or children.

To distinguish them, you can set special notifications for contacts that you feel are important. Here’s how.

Android

Open the WhatsApp
Open the target chat
Tap the Menu icon, then tap ‘View Contact’
Tap on ‘Custom Notifications’
Make settings

iPhone

Open the WhatsApp
Open the target chat
Tap the contact name at the top
Tap on ‘Custom Tones’

5. Delete Files Quickly

Sending photos and videos on WhatsApp will drain your phone’s memory. While deleting them one by one from each chat would be too much of a hassle.

Quoting Pocket-lint, you can delete it quickly through one of the lesser-known features of WhatsApp. Here’s how.

Open the WhatsApp
Go to Settings
Go to Storage and Data
Go to Manage Storage
Under the ‘Review and Delete’ section, you can tap the ‘Larger Than 5 MB’ or ‘Forwarded Many Times’ tab.
Select the file to delete, then delete

6. Save Cellular Data

Sending photos or videos that are automatically downloaded will greatly drain your mobile data. To fix this, you can save on cellular data usage by setting when the photos and videos can be downloaded.

Open the WhatsApp
Open Settings
Open Data and Storage
Under the Media Auto-Download section, set the respective document download permissions
Tap on individual documents, then enable ‘Never’ or ‘Wi-Fi’

7. Hide Blue Checkmark

The blue tick is a sign that the message sent has been read. However, you can make the sender of the message not know whether the message has been read or not by hiding the blue check mark.