The most used instant messaging application in the world continues to add different functions to improve the user experience. After the latest news that came out in these weeks, now WhatsApp made a new change official.
What is it and how to activate it
Among the most outstanding advances are those related to privacy, one of the central points of Meta, the company that owns the application. It is that following several months of testing for Android and iOS, and following those who had the Apple operating system benefited, now the company will allow the profile picture to be hidden for some users.
After announcing that new privacy control options were being implemented to more carefully protect online privacy, From now on, all WhatsApp users will have the possibility to decide whether to give contacts access to their photo or prefer to make exceptions.
How to hide connection time, profile picture and statuses to specific contacts
In five steps it can be achieved:
1- Touch the three points in the upper right corner of the WhatsApp main screen and go to Settings> Account> Privacy.
2- Select any option, in this case the Time of the last time, and search for My contacts, except…, select it and the complete list of WhatsApp contacts will open.
3- Choose who you want not to see the time of last connection, and at the end accept the changes.
4- Back on the main screen, you will see that the number of excluded contacts is now marked.
5- This can be replicated to hide the profile picture, information and Status of specific contacts.
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