Tips on how to Lock WhatsApp Chat So Your Partner Does not Peep

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – WhatsApp has rolled out Chat Lock beginning immediately. This characteristic is an additional safety for customers to cover secret chats on the platform.

Chat Lock will lock particular person and group chats utilizing biometrics. This can be utilized for fingerprints or facial scans.

Locked chats is not going to show notifications when a brand new message arrives. The platform will show it as ‘WhatsApp: 1 new message’.

On the FAQ web page, WhatsApp explains that Chat Lock is not going to apply to phone providers. As well as, it solely applies to 1 gadget, so if you happen to activate WhatsApp on one other account, resembling a desktop, the chat room is not going to be locked.

Here is how one can activate and examine locked chats, quoted on Tuesday (16/5/2023):

Androids

Activate Lock Chats

1. Faucet chat data > Chat Lock
2. Click on Lock this chat with fingerprint and ensure by scanning fingerprint.
3. Faucet View to view the locked chat folder.

View locked Chats

1. Go to the Chats tab and swipe down on the display
2. Click on the chat lock folder
3. Scan the fingerprint on the sensor to unlock it
4. Faucet chat to view or ship a message

iPhones

Activate Lock Chats

1. Click on chat data > Chat Lock
2. Press Lock this chat with fingerprint and ensure with Face ID
3. Faucet View to view the chats within the locked chats folder

View locked Chats

1. Go to the Chats tab and swipe down on the display
2. Click on the Chat Lock folder
3. Scan faces with Face ID
4. Click on chat to view or ship messages

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