Friends, in today’s modern era, WhatsApp has become the most popular app for instant messaging, through which you can transfer videos, images, even money, being so important, WhatsApp offers many privacy features for its users, by turning on these important options, you can ensure a secure messaging experience. Let us know about these features-

Two-Step Verification

This feature adds an extra security layer to your account.

How to turn on:

• Go to WhatsApp Settings → Account → Two-Step Verification

• Turn it on and set a PIN

This helps prevent unauthorized access to your WhatsApp account.

End-to-end encrypted backup

Even after the backup, your chats should remain private. How to turn on:

• Open Settings → Chats → Chat Backup

• Tap End-to-end encrypted backup

This ensures that your data will remain safe even when stored in cloud backup.

chat lock

Locking personal chats keeps private conversations safe from people who can access your phone.

How to turn on:

• Open any chat → Tap on Chat information

• Turn on chat lock

Now you can only access locked chats using your password or fingerprint.

take a look at the media

Send sensitive photos or videos that disappear once viewed.

How to turn on:

• When sending media, tap the “1” View icon once

Perfect for sharing private or short-term content.

disappearing messages

To maintain privacy, messages are automatically deleted after a specified time.

How to turn on:

• Open chat details → messages disappearing

• Choose your preferred time

Old messages will not remain in the chat forever.