• WhatsApp’s new features let you hide your online status, blocking screenshots and more: Check details

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    WhatsApp’s new features let you hide your online status, blocking screenshots and more: Check details
    You may now hide whether you are online or offline thanks to the advent of the new feature. Now you can use WhatsApp without letting anyone know whether you are online or offline, ignoring some of your annoying friends or anyone else.

    Digital Desk: WhatsApp has announced that it will add three new features for users to a more privacy-focused platform.  You may now secretly leave a group on the messaging app, which is a helpful tool that will enable you to leave the family or any other annoying group that you don't want to be a part of. Further enhancing user privacy, WhatsApp is adding screenshot blocking for View Once messages. But one of the most significant additions is the ability to hide your online presence.

    You did read that correctly. People have had the ability to hide their Status, Profile Picture, and Last Seen on WhatsApp for years, but there has never been a way to hide your Online Status. If you are unaware, whenever you open the messaging app, WhatsApp shows an "Online" icon on the top of each chat to indicate whether the other person is online or not.

    You may now hide whether you are online or offline thanks to the advent of the new feature. Now you can use WhatsApp without letting anyone know whether you are online or offline, ignoring some of your annoying friends or anyone else.

    According to the company, customers who want to maintain a private online presence can now use this feature. The capability will roll out to all users this month, according to WhatsApp.

    On WhatsApp, it's rather simple to hide your online status. Simply open WhatsApp and go to Settings > Account > Privacy. The "Last seen and online" option can be found here at the top of the screen. To use the feature, you simply need to tap on it.

    In the Last Seen area, there are four options that are self-explanatory. These are Nobody, My Contacts, My Contacts except Everyone, and My Contacts. There are two choices in the "Online Status" section: Everyone and Same as Last Seen. Therefore, you must choose "Nobody" in the Last Seen area and "Same as last seen" in the Online Status section if you want your online status to be visible to everyone.