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How to change your privacy settings

By default, WhatsApp sets your privacy settings to allow:

  • Any user to see your last seen, profile photo, about information, and read receipts
  • Your contacts to see your status updates
  • Any users to add you to groups

Change privacy settings

  1. On:
    • Android: Tap More options > Settings > Account > Privacy.
    • iPhone: Tap Settings > Account > Privacy.
    • KaiOS: Press Options > Settings > Account > Privacy.
    • Desktop: Tap Menu > Settings > Privacy.
  2. You can change who can:

    • See your Last Seen
    • See your Profile Photo
    • See your About information
    • See your Status updates
    • See Read Receipts
    • Add you to Groups
Note:
  • If you don't share your last seen, you won't be able to see other users’ last seen.
  • If you turn off read receipts, you won't be able to see read receipts from other users. Read receipts are always sent for group chats.
  • If a contact has turned off read receipts, you won’t be able to see if they’ve viewed your status updates.
  • There’s no way to change who can see when you’re online or typing....
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