Nextren.com – WhatsApp continues to release new features for the convenience of chatting, and one of them is the chat archive.
Some time ago, the WA Beta Info site, which often leaked potential WhatsApp features, revealed the Archived Chats feature, aka an updated chat archive.
Archiving isn’t really a new feature, but the mechanics were changed in this update.
In previous versions, the “Archive” feature was used to hide some private or group chats from appearing on the homepage.
Although hidden, previously saved chats will return to the main view or home page when new messages arrive.
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Well, in the new version there is an option to keep chat hidden so that it doesn’t appear again on the homepage, even if there are new messages that come in.
Likewise, new message notifications will not appear on the chat room homepage.
This allows users to hide notifications and messages completely without having to block contacts.
The difference from blocking, messages from archived contacts will still be sent, but chats from that person will not appear in the main view so they can be ignored.
The “Archive” feature update is now starting to roll out to beta versions of Android and iOS users.
We got this feature early and were able to try it on WhatsApp beta Android version 2.21.14.6.
How to use it is very easy. You can simply follow the steps below.
Select any chat you want to hide by clicking and holding the desired chat.
Then click the archive icon depicted by the image of a box with a down arrow.
The chat will automatically move to Archived Chats.
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(WA Beta Info)
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Updated WhatsApp Archive feature.
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The hidden “Archive” tab will appear at the top of the list, right before the first chat room.
The tab is also marked with the number of chats hidden in the “Archive.” Users can set whether they want to keep archived chats even though there are new messages, or return them to the homepage.
To do this, open the “Archive” tab, then click the vertical three-dot icon in the upper right corner.
Then select “archive settings”. If you want to keep it hidden, simply slide the switch to the right until it turns green, and to the left the other way around.
Unfortunately, this option applies to all archived chats.
This means that users cannot choose which messages to return to the homepage if a new message appears and which chats they want to remain hidden.
It is not yet known when WhatsApp will release this new archive feature to more users publicly.
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The new Archive feature allows users to hide chats that won’t return to the homepage even if a new message arrives.
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Summarized by KompasTekno from WA Beta Info, Wednesday (7/7/2021), WhatsApp may still continue to develop the archive feature.
One of them is a feature that allows users to automatically archive chats that have been inactive in the last six months.
This article has been published on Kompas.com with the title “No Need to Block Contacts, Here’s How to Hide Chats on WhatsApp”
Author : Wahyunanda Kusuma Pertiwi
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