WhatsApp introduces Chat Lock

Finally, WhatsApp has secured chats by introducing the new feature Chat Lock. This allows users to lock individual chats. By updating the WhatsApp software on their iOS or Android device, users can use the new feature. Chats that have been locked require a password or biometric to access them.

A recent update to WhatsApp gives users the option to lock specific chats with a password or biometric identification. Users of WhatsApp will be able to increase the security of their communications and safeguard their privacy thanks to this feature, especially if they have any private or secret chats that they don’t want other people to be privy to.

Users of WhatsApp’s new Chat Lock feature can move a chat into a different folder that can only be viewed with their device’s password or biometric authentication, such as a fingerprint. The function automatically conceals the conversation’s contents in notifications when a chat is locked.

How to turn on chat lock

On Android and iPhone, you can turn on the chat lock feature to add an extra layer of privacy to specific chats. In order to read or send messages, you’ll need to unlock your chats using device authentication, such as your phone passcode, Face ID or fingerprint. These chats will be kept separate from your other chats in a Locked chats folder.

When chats are locked, the notification content and contact are hidden. The notification will show as WhatsApp: 1 new message.
To help keep media private, you’ll have to turn chat lock off to save media to your phone’s gallery.
Group chats and muted chats can also be locked.
Calls won’t be locked. A call from a locked chat contact or group will still appear.
When you turn on chat lock from your phone, it will lock chats on that phone only. If you have other devices linked to WhatsApp, such as a desktop computer, the chats on those linked devices won’t be locked.
If you use the backup and restore feature on WhatsApp, your locked chats will still be locked once you restore to a new phone. To access your locked chats you will need to have device authentication (fingerprint or Face ID) set up first.
When you turn on chat lock, the person you’re chatting with won’t know you’ve locked the chat.
If you want to lock an archived chat, you’ll need to unarchive it first, then lock it.

Turn on chat lock

You can turn chat lock off or on within the chat’s info for each chat you want to lock. If you don’t have your device authentication set up yet, such as your phone passcode, fingerprint or Face ID, you’ll be prompted to set it up before locking a chat.

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