WhatsApp has a lot more than 400 million active users all over the world. Due to its rapidly message delivery service and many other cool features, many people attracted towards it.
Here are 21 tricks you probably didn't know, take quick view to reveal these secrets.
WhatsApp allows you to share different types of media content but still lags when it comes files types like ZIP, PDF, DOC, Excel, XLS and APKs. There is no direct way to send file but you can do it with the help of third party apps. This methods works like this WhatsApp-CloudSend-WhatsApp.
- Install Dropbox on your Android smartphone and Sign up or Login in your account.
- Then, install CloudSend, once CloudSend is installed, open the app and tap "Setup" after the Introduction.
- Give cloud Send permission in Dropbox by tapping "Allow" to create a "CloudSend" folder in Dropbox storage.
- Now, open the file manager app and choose the file you want to send through WhatsApp. Press hold on the file and tap "Share" and choose CloudSend.
- This will upload your file to the CloudSend folder on Dropbox. It will give options to "Send" or "Copy" the link.
- Select send and then, tap WhatsApp to share the link with your friends.
How to Move Your WhatsApp conversations Between Android Phones
If you purchase a new phone and want to get all your old WhatsApp chats on the new phone. This trick allows your to get old WhatsApp chats and media with the help of Google Drive.
- On your older Android smartphone, go to WhatsApp Settings > Chats and calls > Chat backup and create a backup on Google Drive.
- Install WhatsApp on your new phone and enter the same number as your older account.
- Now login to Google Drive and you found the WhatsApp backup in.
How to Use WhatsApp on PC without a Smartphone
If you don't have any smartphone, there is a way you can still use WhatsApp. Download and install Bluestacks on your PC and search for WhatsApp in it. Now install WhatsApp on Bluestacks, when WhatsApp verifies your number, you can simply enter the code from your phone.
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How to Hide Last Seen, Profile Picture and Status
Go to WhatsApp’s Settings->Account->Privacy. There you will have the options to choose whether you want your last seen, profile picture and status to be seen by “Everyone”, “Contacts” or “Nobody”.
How to Recover Deleted WhatsApp Message
If you've accidentally deleted your WhatsApp chats, you can easily recover them. Here's how you can recover your deleted WhatsApp chats :
- Uninstall and then Re-install WhatsApp.
- Sign up with the same number you used in the previous session. You will be prompted that a backup has been found.
- Tap "Restore" to start the restoring process. Once done, you will see all your message back and healthy.
- Open the file manager and go to folder WhatsApp > Databases.
- Select the database you want to restore and rename it from msgstore-YYYY-MM-DD.1.db.crypt8 to msgstore.db.crypt8.
- This will replace the most recent database with your preferred database, so when you start restoring messages, your older messages will be recovered.
How to Use Multiple WhatsApp accounts on a Single Device
Many of us have Android smartphone with dual SIM, which makes us want to have two separate WhatsApp account but WhatsApp restricts users to have only one account on a single device. A little trick solve this problem, thanks to Android's multi user feature. Here's what you need to do :
- Go to your phone's Settings > Users and "Add New User". Complete the whole setup to create a new user.
- Once you have created a new user, install WhatsApp on the new user account and enter the different number you want to use here.
- You can easily switch between users from the notification center and use multiple WhatsApp account with ease.
How to Hide WhatsApp Images and Videos from Gallery
If you've some secret images and videos in your WhatsApp and don't want to seen by some other person who want to use your smartphone. There's a trick, which lets you hide WhatsApp images from Gallery.
On iPhone, Go to Phone Settings > Privacy > Photos and turn Off WhatsApp.
On Android, open whichever file manager app you have installed, if you don't have installed it first.
- In file manager, go to the WhatsApp folder and then Media. Now, rename the "WhatsApp Images" and "WhatsApp Video" folder to ".WhatsApp Images" and ".WhatsApp Video" respectively.
- This will hide the WhatsApp images and videos from your Android smartphone’s gallery.
How to Send Public Message in Bulk Privately
On various occasions like New Year, Diwali, Holi, Eid, Christmas, it's a great hassle to go on wishing to people individually. WhatsApp's broadcast feature lets you send message in bulk privately without the recipients knowing that it has been sent through broadcast.
- On Android, tap the three dot button and click "New Broadcast" to create one.
How to Use WhatsApp Web
To use it, go to web.whatsapp.com and tap WhatsApp web on your phone to scan the QR code from your PC. Once you’re done, you will see your WhatsApp chats in your browser tab. Moreover, WhatsApp Web also brings you notifications although that’s only when WhatsApp Web is open in a tab.
Try Star Messages
Our conversations contains various special moments and we do feel like saving them to read it later. When you star messages, it saves those message in a Starred Message folder. Try it by press holding on a message and then pressing the Star icon. You can find the Starred Messages in WhatsApp Settings.
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How to Email a Conversation in WhatsApp
If you want to send a conversation to someone or want to keep a special chat safe in your email account, WhatsApp lets you do that easily.
On Android phones, press hold on a chat and you will get an option to “Email chat”.
On an iPhone, you will have the “Email chat” option in “More” when you swipe left on a chat. You can also send the media on WhatsApp as email attachments.
How to hide WhatsApp chats
If you don’t want to delete a chat thread but you don’t want to see it either? Well, you put it to archives.
On Android smartphones, you can press hold on a chat and you will get the option to “Archive chat” among others while on iPhone, you can swipe left on a chat to get the “Archive” option.
Use Less Data on WhatsApp Calls
On Android, you can turn on low data usage on WhatsApp calls by going into Settings->Chats and calls->Low data usage. However, you will find the same option on an iPhone in Settings->Data Usage.
How to See When Your Message were Read
Go to any of your WhatsApp chats, tap and hold on any of the messages you’ve sent in that chat, followed by the Info option. For iOS users, you can also drag towards the left to reveal a window which will show the time your message was delivered and subsequently read.
How to Use Popup Notifications and Reply Directly
WhatsApp includes the ability to get popup notifications on Android. Go to Settings->Notifications->Popup notification. You can set it to show popup when screen is off or on, or you can set it to “always show popup”. The popup notification also lets you reply directly from the popup, which makes chatting with more people simultaneously easier.
How to change your number in WhatsApp
Go
to Settings->Account->Change number, then enter your old and new
number. Once WhatsApp is done verifying
through SMS or call, your number
will be changed.
How to Turn Off Read Receipts aka Blue Ticks
Read receipts aka blue ticks, like last seen, can create some relationship issues, so you might have contemplated on turning it OFF entirely. Go to Settings->Account->Privacy. In the Privacy page, you will find a toggle to turn off “Read Receipts“.
Note: If you turn off read receipts, you too will not be able to view anyone else’s read receipts.
Go to Settings > Security > choose a PIN or password > Encrypt phone > Encrypt SD Card. This protects all of the data and password on your phone by encrypting your data.
You can do this thing from Google Now, Open Google by saying “Ok Google,” this feature works in 5.0. If you are running 4.4 below download, Nova Launcher for automatically turns on Google when you speak. Speak your number and Google will call you on that number, so you don’t touch your Android phone.
What tips and tricks can you pass on to your fellow Android users? Let us know your best ones in the comment section below.
Note: If you turn off read receipts, you too will not be able to view anyone else’s read receipts.
How to Encrypt Your data in Android Phone
Go to Settings > Security > choose a PIN or password > Encrypt phone > Encrypt SD Card. This protects all of the data and password on your phone by encrypting your data.
How to Call Anyone without Dialing Number
You can do this thing from Google Now, Open Google by saying “Ok Google,” this feature works in 5.0. If you are running 4.4 below download, Nova Launcher for automatically turns on Google when you speak. Speak your number and Google will call you on that number, so you don’t touch your Android phone.
What tips and tricks can you pass on to your fellow Android users? Let us know your best ones in the comment section below.