How to make yourself invisible on WhatsApp? Learn how to activate the feature

WhatsApp It is one of the most used instant messaging applications in the world. Among its functions are sharing photos, states, audios and, for greater privacy, the invisible mode.

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The Meta-owned platform offers some “hidden options” for those who want to hide important information. For example, you can make your name disappear, remove your profile picture, hide your bio, and more.

To access these invisible mode functions it is important that you configure certain sections of the application. In addition, you must have the latest version of the application on your mobile device, which you can download through the Play Store, App Store and App Gallery.

Below are the steps to activate the ‘invisible mode’ option.

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How to activate the ‘invisible mode’ in WhatsApp?

It is important to mention that everything is inside the application, you do not need to install third-party programs that can violate your security. You only need to configure each of the sections to “go unnoticed” and “become invisible”.

Hide the ‘Online’

The app has over time implemented different features and tricks that many people are unaware of. One is to hide the ‘Online’ status from a specific contact or from all. For some years now, this option has been available in several versions of different mobile devices.

Users who want to hide their last connection time to maintain their privacy, should follow the steps below:

Open the WhatsApp application from the mobile device.

delete name

This is a very simple process, you just have to delete your name from the profile box. The application will ask you to put some characteristic to identify yourself. However, you can completely remove this feature.

Hide what you are typing

There is no option to hide this mode yet, but there are certain tricks. For example, you can turn off your Wi-Fi or data connection and write the message. When you have done that, send it and restore internet access again. This can be done in a matter of seconds.

Disable read verification

You can disable this feature so that your contacts do not see the read receipt and being able to read any messages you might not want to reply to without your contact noticing.

It’s that easy to switch to ‘invisible mode’ with various settings offered by the instant messaging application, so that the time you’re browsing goes unnoticed.

Camila Sánchez / Time / Colombia / GDA

Source: Elcomercio

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