How to Lock a Chat on WhatsApp: Your Ultimate Guide to Enhanced Privacy
Discover how to take control of your privacy by locking chats in WhatsApp in order to keep your most important conversations secure from prying eyes and protect your personal information effortlessly.
HOW TO'S
Locked Chats on WhatsApp (Credit: MK)
Safeguarding your private communications is more crucial than ever in the current digital era and with millions of users worldwide, WhatsApp has emerged as a major privacy target. You are in the right place if you have ever wondered how to lock a WhatsApp chat so that your messages remain private. You will learn all you need to know to properly safeguard your WhatsApp conversations from this in-depth step by step blog post article guide.
Importance of Locking WhatsApp Chats
Let us investigate the "why" before delving into the "how." By adding a lock to your WhatsApp conversations, you may increase security and make it far more difficult for unauthorised individuals to view your messages hence chat locking might bring you peace of mind whether you are worried about someone spying on your phone or you just want to keep private information safe.
STEP 1 - Go to the WhatsApp application and click on it to open as seen from the screenshot below;
STEP 2 - While on the WhatsApp home page, choose the chat message you want to lock (I chose the first chat) then swipe it to the left where you will see two clickable square boxes (one is grey-ish in colour with three white dots and below it is the word "More" while the other one is blue yonder with an archive icon written "Archive" below it) as seen from the screenshot below;
WhatsApp Chat Messages (Credit: MK)
STEP 3 - When you see the two boxes, click on the grey-ish one with the three white dots written "More" which will open a sub-window with various options as seen from the screenshot below;
WhatsApp Sub-Window With a Single Choice (Credit: MK)
WhatsApp Home Page (Credit: MK)
WhatsApp Sub-Window With Various Choices (Credit: MK)
A Few Tips for Better Privacy on WhatsApp
Update Your Application Frequently: Keep up with the most recent security updates and features.
Watch Out for Phishing Attempts: Do not share your verification code or click on dubious URLs (Uniform Resource Locator).
Employ Robust Passwords: Make sure the phone is secured with a biometric lock or a strong passcode.
Summary
To sum up, in the modern world, locking your WhatsApp conversations is a basic yet efficient security strategy where you can enjoy more privacy and prevent unwanted access to your discussions by using the precautions mentioned above.
STEP 4 - While on the sub-window, look for "Lock chat" option then click on it as seen from the screenshot below and that is it;
STEP 5 - After clicking on the "Lock chat" option, another sub-window will appear giving a detailed secure way on how to successfully lock the chat (as for me it was using the Touch ID) then click on the "Continue" button to set your secure way of locking the chat as seen from the screenshot below;
My WhatsApp Options To Securely Lock a Chat (Credit: MK)
STEP 6 - After setting your option to securely lock a chat, that is it, the chat will now be locked as seen from the screenshot below where there is a padlock icon written "Locked chats";