Have you ever wondered how to Hide the "Last Seen" or how to lock your Whatsapp? Then stop by and have a look at this Whatsapp tricks article which includes several basic tricks like prohibiting Whatsapp images from appearing in the Gallery, changing the Whatsapp account number, creating the shortcuts of contacts and groups of your Whatsapp, creating a backup and restoring your last recent chats.
Whatsapp, one of the best and the most popular Android messaging app, faced many contenders like SnapChat, WeChat, Line and Kik, but as per the amazing features of Whatsapp, no one matched it. Whatsapp ensures the users to have a secure and a practical messaging experience. Whatsapp is used by mostly every Android user, keeping that in mind, here are some amazing tricks to get most out of your Whatsapp.
Hide the "Last Seen" Timestamp
Whatsapp shows a last seen time stamp by default, which tells the other users about the last time when you used Whatsapp. However, many users want to make this timestamp disable as for their privacy reasons. Are you also one of them? If yes, then here you can get the right steps to disable the "Last Seen" timestamp of your Whatsapp. This can be done on both Android and the iOS smartphones.
If you are an iOS user, then its very simple for you as just like to tap, since all you need to do to disable the last seen time stamp is:
1. Open the Whatsapp.
2. Go to "Settings".
3. Now go to "Chat Settings".
4. Tap on the "Advanced" option.
5. And the last step, to set the last seen Time stamp to "Off".
OR
1. Open the Whatsapp
2. Go to "Settings".
3. Find an option "Account" and then tap on it.
4. Go to "Privacy" option and then set the Last Seen to "Nobody"
That's all for an iOS user to hide the last seen time stamp of Whatsapp. Now coming to the Android users, follow the steps given below to hide the Last Seen Time stamp of your Whatsapp:
1. Open the Whatsapp.
2. Tap on the "Menu" option, commonly it's a three dots like symbol on the top right corner of the screen.
3. Now just under the menu option you'll find the "Settings" option, tap on it.
4. Then look for the "Privacy" option.
5. Tap on it, and now you can find the "Last Seen" option just under "Who can see my personal info".
6. Tap on the "Last Seen" option and set it to "Nobody".
These were the steps for an Android user. I haven't mentioned the steps for BlackBerry phones as it is not been used much. However, if you want the steps for the same then please do comment below.
Restore and Backup all your Whatsapp Chats
Though Whatsapp makes a automatic backup of all your chats, you can also create a manual backup. The steps to make a manual backup for an iOS user are:
1. Open the Whatsapp.
2. Go to "Settings".
3. Now tap on "Chat Settings".
4. Then go to "Chat Backup".
5. And the last step is to tap on "Back Up Now" option.
The steps for an Android user are:
1. Open the Whatsapp.
2. Tap on the "Settings" option.
3. Then tap on the "Backup conversations" option for creating a manual backup.
This will create a manual backup of all your chats, except the media files. For that you need to use the "File Manager" for copying all the media files to: /sdcard/WhatsApp/Media.
Have you accidentally deleted your Whatsapp chats? If yes, then don't worry, you can find a way to restore all your chats here. There is no method to restore the chats directly from your Whatsapp. So if you want to restore them then just "Uninstall your Whatsapp" and then "Reinstall" it. After the reinstall, Whatsapp will ask you to restore your recent backup. So follow the instructions and you'll be successful to restore your chats.
How to Lock your Whatsapp
There is no direct way to lock your Whatsapp, so for that you need to install a app on your mobile phone.
For an Android user: Whatsapp Lock
For an BlackBerry user: Lock for Whatsapp
So install one of those according to your OS. These apps can better help you to secure your Whatsapp account.
Create Shortcuts of your Whatsapp Contacts or Groups
Do you want to create a shortcut for your favorite Whatsapp group or contact? If yes, then you are at the right place to get the right steps for that. Follow the steps given below:
The steps for an Android user:
1. Open the Whatsapp.
2. Tap and hold on the contact or group for which you want to create the shortcut.
3. Now you will see various options, so tap on "Add Conversation Shortcut" from them.
4. This will create a shortcut of your contact or group of Whatsapp.
5. You can find that shortcut on the homescreem of your phone.
This trick isn't available for the iOS users, but they can run a third party app like "1TapWA" on their smartphone to do this trick. Moreover, this app also has many amazing features.
Stop your Whatsapp Images from Appearing in the Gallery
Do you want to stop Whatsapp Images to appear in the camera roll or the gallery of your smartphone? If yes, then keep reading to get the right steps for that. You can do this trick on both: iOS and the Android smartphones. For an iOS user, the steps are very easy:
1. Go to "Settings".
2. Then to "Privacy".
3. Now you need to tap on "Photos" option.
4. And the last step is to "set the Whatsapp to OFF".
5. This will stop your Whatsapp images from appearing in the gallery or the camera roll.
Steps for an Android user are:
1. Android users need to create a ".nomedia" file in the Whatsapp's media directory.
2. To do this, get a file explorer "ES File Explorer".
3. Now navigate to the video or images folder.
4. Then tap the "New" option from the left bottom.
5. Pick the File option and create a file as ".nomedia".
6. This will stop the Gallery of your Android smartphone from scanning the folder.
How to Change your Whatsapp Account Number
If you have changed your phone number but are using the same phone for Whatsapp, you need not to uninstall and reinstall the Whatsapp to change your mobile number, just some simple steps can do the work for you. There is a setting in Whatsapp which let you to migrate your Whatsapp account to a new mobile number.
The steps for changing your Whatsapp account number are:
1. Open the Whatsapp.
2. Go to "Settings".
3. Then go to "Account" option.
4. And the last step is to tap on "Change Number".
5. That's all, now enter the required detail to change your Whatsapp account number and tap on "Done".
6. Now you need to verify your new number and then all your chats, groups and contacts will be shifted to your new Whatsapp account number.
This was a small collection of some amazing tricks to do with Whatsapp. If you find any problem while following the above mentioned steps then please comment below and I will try my best to help you. And if you think I missed out any necessary trick then please feel free to suggest me that in the comment box and I will definitely include it in my list.
Whatsapp, one of the best and the most popular Android messaging app, faced many contenders like SnapChat, WeChat, Line and Kik, but as per the amazing features of Whatsapp, no one matched it. Whatsapp ensures the users to have a secure and a practical messaging experience. Whatsapp is used by mostly every Android user, keeping that in mind, here are some amazing tricks to get most out of your Whatsapp.
Hide the "Last Seen" Timestamp
Whatsapp shows a last seen time stamp by default, which tells the other users about the last time when you used Whatsapp. However, many users want to make this timestamp disable as for their privacy reasons. Are you also one of them? If yes, then here you can get the right steps to disable the "Last Seen" timestamp of your Whatsapp. This can be done on both Android and the iOS smartphones.
If you are an iOS user, then its very simple for you as just like to tap, since all you need to do to disable the last seen time stamp is:
1. Open the Whatsapp.
2. Go to "Settings".
3. Now go to "Chat Settings".
4. Tap on the "Advanced" option.
5. And the last step, to set the last seen Time stamp to "Off".
OR
1. Open the Whatsapp
2. Go to "Settings".
3. Find an option "Account" and then tap on it.
4. Go to "Privacy" option and then set the Last Seen to "Nobody"
That's all for an iOS user to hide the last seen time stamp of Whatsapp. Now coming to the Android users, follow the steps given below to hide the Last Seen Time stamp of your Whatsapp:
1. Open the Whatsapp.
2. Tap on the "Menu" option, commonly it's a three dots like symbol on the top right corner of the screen.
3. Now just under the menu option you'll find the "Settings" option, tap on it.
4. Then look for the "Privacy" option.
5. Tap on it, and now you can find the "Last Seen" option just under "Who can see my personal info".
6. Tap on the "Last Seen" option and set it to "Nobody".
These were the steps for an Android user. I haven't mentioned the steps for BlackBerry phones as it is not been used much. However, if you want the steps for the same then please do comment below.
Restore and Backup all your Whatsapp Chats
Though Whatsapp makes a automatic backup of all your chats, you can also create a manual backup. The steps to make a manual backup for an iOS user are:
1. Open the Whatsapp.
2. Go to "Settings".
3. Now tap on "Chat Settings".
4. Then go to "Chat Backup".
5. And the last step is to tap on "Back Up Now" option.
The steps for an Android user are:
1. Open the Whatsapp.
2. Tap on the "Settings" option.
3. Then tap on the "Backup conversations" option for creating a manual backup.
This will create a manual backup of all your chats, except the media files. For that you need to use the "File Manager" for copying all the media files to: /sdcard/WhatsApp/Media.
Have you accidentally deleted your Whatsapp chats? If yes, then don't worry, you can find a way to restore all your chats here. There is no method to restore the chats directly from your Whatsapp. So if you want to restore them then just "Uninstall your Whatsapp" and then "Reinstall" it. After the reinstall, Whatsapp will ask you to restore your recent backup. So follow the instructions and you'll be successful to restore your chats.
How to Lock your Whatsapp
There is no direct way to lock your Whatsapp, so for that you need to install a app on your mobile phone.
For an Android user: Whatsapp Lock
For an BlackBerry user: Lock for Whatsapp
So install one of those according to your OS. These apps can better help you to secure your Whatsapp account.
Create Shortcuts of your Whatsapp Contacts or Groups
Do you want to create a shortcut for your favorite Whatsapp group or contact? If yes, then you are at the right place to get the right steps for that. Follow the steps given below:
The steps for an Android user:
1. Open the Whatsapp.
2. Tap and hold on the contact or group for which you want to create the shortcut.
3. Now you will see various options, so tap on "Add Conversation Shortcut" from them.
4. This will create a shortcut of your contact or group of Whatsapp.
5. You can find that shortcut on the homescreem of your phone.
This trick isn't available for the iOS users, but they can run a third party app like "1TapWA" on their smartphone to do this trick. Moreover, this app also has many amazing features.
Stop your Whatsapp Images from Appearing in the Gallery
Do you want to stop Whatsapp Images to appear in the camera roll or the gallery of your smartphone? If yes, then keep reading to get the right steps for that. You can do this trick on both: iOS and the Android smartphones. For an iOS user, the steps are very easy:
1. Go to "Settings".
2. Then to "Privacy".
3. Now you need to tap on "Photos" option.
4. And the last step is to "set the Whatsapp to OFF".
5. This will stop your Whatsapp images from appearing in the gallery or the camera roll.
Steps for an Android user are:
1. Android users need to create a ".nomedia" file in the Whatsapp's media directory.
2. To do this, get a file explorer "ES File Explorer".
3. Now navigate to the video or images folder.
4. Then tap the "New" option from the left bottom.
5. Pick the File option and create a file as ".nomedia".
6. This will stop the Gallery of your Android smartphone from scanning the folder.
How to Change your Whatsapp Account Number
If you have changed your phone number but are using the same phone for Whatsapp, you need not to uninstall and reinstall the Whatsapp to change your mobile number, just some simple steps can do the work for you. There is a setting in Whatsapp which let you to migrate your Whatsapp account to a new mobile number.
The steps for changing your Whatsapp account number are:
1. Open the Whatsapp.
2. Go to "Settings".
3. Then go to "Account" option.
4. And the last step is to tap on "Change Number".
5. That's all, now enter the required detail to change your Whatsapp account number and tap on "Done".
6. Now you need to verify your new number and then all your chats, groups and contacts will be shifted to your new Whatsapp account number.
This was a small collection of some amazing tricks to do with Whatsapp. If you find any problem while following the above mentioned steps then please comment below and I will try my best to help you. And if you think I missed out any necessary trick then please feel free to suggest me that in the comment box and I will definitely include it in my list.
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