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How to archive or unarchive a chat or group

The archive chat feature allows you to hide an individual or group chat from your chats list to better organize your conversations.

Note:

  • Archiving a chat doesn’t delete the chat or back it up to your SD card.
  • Archived individual or group chat will unarchive when you receive a new message from that individual or group chat.

Archive a chat or group

  1. In the CHATS tab, tap and hold the chat you want to hide.
  2. Tap Archive on the top of the screen.

Archive all chats

  1. In the CHATS tab, tap More options > Settings.
  2. Tap Chats > Chat history > Archive all chats.

View archived chats or groups

  1. Scroll to the bottom of your CHATS screen.
  2. Tap Archived.

Unarchive a chat or group

  1. Scroll to the bottom of the CHATS screen and tap Archived.
  2. Tap and hold the chat or group that you want to unarchive.
  3. On the top bar, tap the Unarchive icon.

Related resources:

How to archive or unarchive a chat or group: iPhone | | Web and Desktop | KaiOS

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