However, on some occasions, These groups can even be overwhelming. In those moments, the group is not abandoned, because the application usually sends a notification that is very feared by those who leave “X has left the group” causing, in certain cases, a barrage of private messages asking for explanations why that decision was made. And it is something that, in general, we tend to want to avoid.
The good thing is that It is now possible to leave the groups that are necessary without the need for that happy notification to appear alerting all participants and saving, on many occasions, unnecessary explanations.
How is it done?
There are as many reasons for wanting to leave a WhatsApp group as there are topics linked to them: that if any member of the group causes uncomfortable situations, it is a very active group sending hundreds of messages a day and reaching saturation or that the purpose of the group It has already happened, but it is difficult to abandon it. Whatever the reason, by following a few simple steps, You can leave a group without anyone noticing.
The first thing to do is to make sure you have the latest version of the application installedOnce this is confirmed, open the WhatsApp application and go to the group you want to leave. Without opening the group, press and hold the chat until it is highlighted. When the options appear, you have to select the one “Leave the group.”
What happens is that with the latest WhatsApp update, The group is no longer notified if someone leaves it. What does happen is that if someone accesses the group information they can see who has left in the last 6 months.
How can we avoid being added to groups on WhatsApp without permission?
In the latest WhatsApp updates, there is a feature that can help with this, as it allows you to open a new settings in which Your contacts should check with you before adding you to a group.
To enable it, open the WhatsApp application, and go to the section “Settings”. In it, select the option “Privacy”. Afterwards, within “Groups”, will be seen “Who can add me to groups” and you can choose between “Everyone”, “My contacts” “My contacts, except…” and so before adding you, they will have the option to send a private message to request this permission.
With this last option, You can select those contacts that you want to block to prevent them from adding you to any group.
If you do not want to leave the group, but do want to stop receiving notifications
When you leave a group, that option is irreversible. To be added to a group again, you must speak with the administrator(s) and let them make the decision to add the contact who has left the group again. So, There are other options that are less drastic but just as effective.– Mute or archive the group.
To mute the groupyou have to follow a few simple steps: first select the group chat that you want to stop receiving notifications, once located, you have to click on the name at the top to access the information.
Once inside the information, you have to go to “Notifications” and within this “Mute notifications”. In the part of “Messages” is pressed on “Silenced” and it gives us three options: 8 hours, 1 week and always. is selected “Always” and that’s it. You can join the group whenever you want but you will not be notified in any way.
The other option is archive the groupwhat this function does is allow you to hide the group from the main chat list but it is not deleted. To do this, you must silence as previously explained. And once the chat is muted, you return to the chat list. In this part, You have to keep your finger pressed on the name of the chat, and select the “Archive group” option
If you have an iPhone, this can be done quickly by swiping left and pressing “Archive”.
By doing this, you will no longer receive notifications nor will it appear in the main chat list, making it impossible to see its activity. To reverse this, you just have to enter the archived chats, and press until the options appear. There, you must choose the “Unarchive” option, which is the icon of a box with an arrow pointing up.
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