The chat lock and secret code features offered by WhatsApp users to prioritize privacy and security are an effective way to protect your private conversations. By using these features, you can protect your chats from prying eyes. Here is our step-by-step guide:
First, open the WhatsApp app and find the chat you want to secure. Then, long press on it or swipe left to select the chat.
Click on the three-dot menu icon and select “Lock chat”. In this step, lock the chat by selecting either “Lock with Face ID” or “Lock with fingerprint”. Complete the process by verifying with fingerprint or facial recognition.
You can follow these steps for WhatsApp chat locking:
- Open the WhatsApp app.
- Long press or swipe left on the chat you want to lock.
- Open the three-dot menu and tap “Lock chat”.
- Tap “Lock with Face ID” or “Lock with fingerprint”.
- Verify with fingerprint or face recognition.
- The chat is successfully locked.
WhatsApp also offers a secret code feature that you can use to completely hide messages. This feature helps you protect chats with sensitive content with an extra layer of security.
WhatsApp secret code
Here are the steps to create a WhatsApp secret code:
- Open the WhatsApp app.
- Go to the locked chats folder containing hidden messages.
- Access the “Settings” menu.
- Tap on the “Create secret code” option.
- Enter and confirm the secret code you want to create.
The secret code you created will now act as the primary security factor for accessing your chats. You can access hidden chats by typing your code in the search box. If needed, you can change the code or disable the secret code feature from the same menu. By following these steps, you can make your chats on WhatsApp more secure.
How to hide WhatsApp messages?
There are several ways for WhatsApp users to hide messages completely. Here are detailed explanations and examples of these methods:
How to Archive Chats: The Easy Way to Protect Your Privacy
Archiving chats on WhatsApp is a practical way to hide them from the main chat list. To archive a chat:
- Swipe left on the chat.
- Tap on the “Archive” option.
Archived chats will be hidden from your main chat list and will appear in a separate list under the heading “Archived Chats”. To bring a chat back to your main list, go to the archived chat, swipe left and tap “Unarchive”.
Hiding Notifications: Protect Your Privacy with Private Notifications
You may want to hide notifications for some chats. In this case:
- Open the chat.
- Tap the contact or group name.
- Tap “Notifications”.
- Open “Private notifications”.
- Check “Use custom notifications”.
- Customize the notification settings you want.
These settings will mute notifications from chats and prevent message content from appearing on your lock screen or notification previews.
Locking Chats: Create an Extra Layer of Security
To further protect your private chats, you can use the lock chats feature in WhatsApp. To do this
- Open the chat.
- Tap the contact or group name.
- Tap “Chat settings”.
- Activate “Lock with fingerprint” or “Lock with PIN”.
- Set a fingerprint or PIN code.
These settings will require you to use your fingerprint or PIN to open the chat.
Secret chats on WhatsApp are protected by end-to-end encryption and messages are automatically deleted after the chat is deleted. However, no method is 100% secure and someone can take a screenshot or read your messages from a device that has access to your chat.
These methods may differ slightly on iPhone and Android. I recommend checking the WhatsApp Help Center (https://faq.whatsapp.com/) for the most up-to-date information.
These methods can help WhatsApp users protect their privacy and each offers a solution for different scenarios.