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In our article, we will discuss how to hide your status, profile picture, and read receipts on WhatsApp, with detailed instructions and images.
You cannot directly hide your WhatsApp status, but you can selectively customize its visibility. Your status can either be visible to everyone, or you can exclude certain contacts. There are 3 options you can choose from by following these steps:
How to Hide Your Status on WhatsApp
Time required: 2 minutes.
Hide your WhatsApp status
- Access the app menu Open the WhatsApp application and click on the menu button.
- Settings Click on the Settings option.
- Privacy Choose Privacy.
- Adjust and hide status Click on the Status option, and 3 choices will appear:
1. My Contacts: This option makes your status visible only to your contacts (i.e., every phone number saved on your device that has WhatsApp).
2. My Contacts Except: This allows you to add an exception to the previous option, meaning you can prevent certain numbers you choose from seeing your status.
3. Share only with: This option allows you to hide your status from everyone except for specific numbers that you choose.
After you’re done, click Done.
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A New First-Time Feature for WhatsApp Status
WhatsApp has launched a new status feature in the latest version of the app, which some may find wonderful and easy to use. Now you can share your WhatsApp status on Facebook as well. Yes. All you have to do is go to Status customization from Settings, then Privacy. In the Status section, you will find “Share my status to Facebook“.
You can now share the status you want without even leaving WhatsApp. You can also customize the audience you want to see the status. Note that sharing will be on your Facebook Stories.
Click Start now and then click Agree to log in to Facebook. Follow the steps.
How to Hide Your WhatsApp Profile Picture from Friends
Similar to hiding your WhatsApp status, you can hide your WhatsApp profile picture from friends or customize it to be visible to only some friends or to exclude certain ones.
- Open the WhatsApp application
- Click on the menu button
- Then select Settings and then Privacy
- Click on the Profile Photo option
- Choose Nobody
How to Show Your Profile Picture to Contacts Only
You can show your profile picture to contacts by following the same previous steps, but this time, choose My Contacts.
How to Prevent Friends from Adding Me to WhatsApp Groups
Another question I get from many people is how to prevent friends from adding me to WhatsApp groups.
We are often annoyed when we are added to WhatsApp groups without our permission, especially family groups. The app allows you to control who can add you to groups by following these steps:
- Open the app and click on the menu button
- Click on the Settings option and then Privacy
- Scroll down to find the Groups option
- WhatsApp gives you 3 options to customize who can add you to groups:
- Everyone: This is the default option, where anyone who has the WhatsApp app can add you to groups.
- My Contacts: This means all the phone numbers saved on your device can add you to groups.
- My Contacts Except: This is to exclude some numbers and prevent them from adding you to groups, which is the most suitable option, as this is usually done by some annoying people.
- After you’re done, click Done.
How to Hide Read Receipts on WhatsApp
The feature of showing message delivery and read receipts in the WhatsApp app (the blue and gray check marks, etc.) allows you to hide or show read receipts on WhatsApp. These are the check marks next to sent or received messages that indicate whether the message has been sent, delivered to the other party, and whether they have read it yet. If you want to hide these indicators, you can follow these steps:
- Go to WhatsApp Settings, then Privacy
- Toggle off the button next to Read receipts.
It’s worth noting that this feature does not work within WhatsApp groups.
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