Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
On the one hand, the presence of the group feature on WhatsApp actually facilitate the pattern of communication between a group. However, on the other hand, the presence of the group feature is often used inappropriately.
The problem that then arises is the number of invitations to join a group without being wanted. In fact, you can enter a group without anyone knowing.
However, you don’t need to worry, there is a way to refuse to join WhatsApp groups that you can follow. You can also follow how to report a WhatsApp group if you find it very annoying.
Unwanted groups are often crowded with messages sent in the form of photos, videos, or broadcast messages. Groups that are too active also interfere with daily activities.
As a first step, WhatsApp users can actually take advantage of the features mute notifications so that activities are not interrupted. However, if that method doesn’t change anything, you can do something else.
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Illustration. There are several ways to refuse to enter WhatsApp groups that you can do. (istockphoto/hocus-focus)- – |
Here’s how to refuse to join a WhatsApp group.
1. Giving a direct statement in the group
When you notice that you’ve been invited to an unwanted group, the first thing you can do is tell admins and group members that you don’t want to join because there are too many groups.
2. Reasonable WhatsApp number specifically for work
You can notify the group admin that the registered WhatsApp number is used exclusively for work, and not personal. Also let me know if you only accept work-related groups.
3. Reasoning that WhatsApp account is a business account
By default, WhatsApp business accounts can also be used for non-business or regular. Explain to the group admin that you don’t want your ongoing business to be hampered by being mixed up with the general group.
4. Reasoning limited external memory capacity
In general, every smart phone can add external memory to increase the capacity of the phone’s internal memory which is often too small.
Applications are usually loaded into external memory. That way, you can reason that your external memory is limited because of important applications that are downloaded to support productivity.
5. Reasons that the phone heats up fast
 Illustration. Giving some reasonable reasons can be a way of refusing to join WhatsApp groups. (iStockphoto/sukkato)-– |
The apps you use on your phone will keep running if you don’t close them and just exit the app. This causes the battery and phone to heat up faster, especially if you add a wild WhatsApp group that is very active.
6. Activate the group disavow feature
A few years ago, WhatsApp launched a user restriction feature that can decline group invites if the number is not listed in your contacts. Enable this feature so that people who could potentially invite you can’t suddenly add you to a WhatsApp group.
Here’s how to enable the group disavow feature:
– Go to WhatsApp Settings
– Login to Account
– Login to Privacy
– Tap on ‘Groups’ option and select ‘My Contacts’ option
This method makes only people who are listed in contacts can invite you to join a group.
7. Block and report
If you are invited by an unknown number and the group contains disturbing content, then immediately block and report the group. If necessary, block and also report the number that invited you.
Here’s how to report a WhatsApp group:
– Open the group chat you want to report
– Tap the three-dot icon in the upper right corner on Android, or tap the group name listed above on iPhone
– Select ‘Report Group/Report Group’
– Confirm
Those are some ways to refuse to enter WhatsApp groups that you can do. If the group activity is very disturbing, you can immediately follow how to report a WhatsApp group.
(imb/asr)
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