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You will be able to lock private messages on WhatsApp.
Chat lock option will be available in the profile setting of every chat.
Private messages will be more secure.
New Delhi. Are you worried while giving your phone to someone that your private messages may not be seen by the person in front of you? WhatsApp itself has solved this concern. Now a feature has come on WhatsApp in which you can lock your private chats. These chats cannot be opened without password or biometric authentication.
Android and iPhones already have this feature that you can lock an app and protect it with a PIN. WhatsApp can also be locked with this feature. But the new feature gives the facility to lock a particular chat within WhatsApp itself.
Not only this, these chats will be saved in a separate folder. Along with this, both the name of the message sender and the message will be hidden in the notification. They will be visible only when the users authenticate them. This means that even if someone gets hold of your phone, they will not be able to see your private messages.
How to enable chatlock on WhatsApp?
First of all, you have to update your WhatsApp by going to Play Store or Apple Store.
After this open WhatsApp
Open the chat you want to lock
Click on profile picture
After this, you will see the option of Chat Lock under the Disappearing Message menu.
Enable it and after that authenticate it with the help of password or biometric.
– That specific chat will be locked
To access the locked chat, you have to swipe down on the WhatsApp home page, where a list of locked chats will appear.
It is possible that even after updating the app, this feature is not visible in your phone. Even then there is nothing to worry, in the next few days this feature will come on your WhatsApp. Actually, the userbase of WhatsApp is huge and the company does not release any update for all the users simultaneously. Updates are released in different lots.
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Tags: Tech news in hindi, WhatsApp, WhatsApp Features, Whatsapp Privacy Policy
FIRST PUBLISHED : May 16, 2023, 11:31 AM
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