Dec 12, 2018
- 0 comment - By Kemi Sola

How To Hide a Conversation on WhatsApp.

Through the past few years, Instant messaging apps have slowly replaced verbal communication among people. People now utilize instant messaging apps such as WhatsApp to converse on formal and informal ground.

Since many people prefer conversing via WhatsApp instead of verbally, there is imperative need to secure our chats from friends and 3rd party without making us sound rude. Having to lock your WhatsApp with an app locker will suggest that you have many things to hide. But being able to hide WhatsApp chat won’t sell you out at all.

Hiding on Whatsapp simply involves archiving your chats. This ensures that friends who regularly view your Whatsapp won’t find such chats. To view archived chat, simply scroll down until you see achieved chats. Click on the chat and un-archive the chat to view the hidden chat.

READ THIS: How To Use Whatsapp On Your Laptop.

HOW TO HIDE A CHAT OR CONVERSATION ON WHATSAPP.

Launch Whatsapp on your smartphone.
Select the chat you want to hide
Hold the chat, until the green tick icon shows on the side
Click on the box icon with arrow pointing down. This icon is located on the top left corner, just beside the mute button..
On selecting Archive the conversation of the contact or group you selected will be removed/hidden from the main chat screen which appears when you open WhatsApp.
The conversation you archived is moved to Archived Chats folder which can be viewed by swiping up on the main chat screen where the chats of all contacts are listed.

How To Unarchive WhatsApp Chat In Android

1. Scroll to the bottom of the WhatsApp chats screen where all the conversations are shown. Select Archived Chats.

Show Hidden Chat WhatsApp Android

2. All the archived chats will be shown. Long tap on the conversation of the contact whom you want to unarchive and select the icon at the top(second from right) as shown in the image below.

After this, the chat will be again shown on the main screen along with other chats.

TAKE HOME

WhatsApp has so many features and one of which is hiding of chats. Now that you've learnt how to do so, you need not worry about people going through your private stuff. Confidentiality is key.