How to password protect WhatsApp chats with chat lock
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Your WhatsApp chats are personal conversations that need to be protected from intruders no matter who they are. You can prevent intruders from reading your chats using the password-protected WhatsApp lock feature.
Here are some things to keep in mind about chat lock:
- When chats are locked, the notification content and contact are hidden. The notification will show as WhatsApp: 1 new message.
- To help keep media private, you’ll have to turn chat lock off to save media to your phone’s gallery.
- Group chats and muted chats can also be locked.
- Calls won’t be locked. A call from a locked chat contact or group will still appear.
- When you turn on chat lock from your phone, it will lock chats on that phone only. If you have other devices linked to WhatsApp, such as a desktop computer, the chats on those linked devices won’t be locked.
- If you use the backup and restore feature on WhatsApp, your locked chats will still be locked once you restore to a new phone. To access your locked chats you will need to have device authentication (fingerprint or Face ID) set up first.
- When you turn on chat lock, the person you’re chatting with won’t know you’ve locked the chat.
- If you want to lock an archived chat, you’ll need to unarchive it first, then lock it.
Chat lock lets you store your most personal conversations in a separate folder, whether you’re plotting surprise parties or sharing secret recipes.
How to password-protect WhatsApp chats with chat lock
How to turn on the WhatsApp chat lock:
1. Tap Chat info in the chat you want to lock > Chat lock.
2. Tap Lock this chat with fingerprint or Lock this chat with Face ID.
3. Tap View to see the chat in the locked chats folder.
- Go to the Chats tab and swipe down.
- Tap the Locked chats folder.
- Confirm your Face ID or touch the fingerprint sensor to unlock.
- Tap the chat to view or send a message.
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- Tap chat info > Chat lock.
- Toggle off and confirm your fingerprint or Face ID.
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