Wattsapp Special
Hide
WhatsApp Images from Gallery
The
images we get on WhatsApp include a lot of memes & funny pictures and we
don’t really need them in our phone gallery. Fortunately, there’s a tweak which
lets you hide WhatsApp images from Gallery.
On
an iPhone, you simply need to go to Phone Settings->Privacy->Photos and
turn off WhatsApp. That’s it, you will no longer see any WhatsApp pictures in
your iPhone’s Photos app.
However,
hiding WhatsApp pictures from Gallery in Android is a slightly lengthy process.
Here’s what you need to do:
Open
whichever File Manager app you have installed.In file manager, Go
to the WhatsApp folder and then Media.
Then, rename the
“WhatsApp Images” and “WhatsApp Video” folders to “.WhatsApp Images” and
“.WhatsApp Video” respectively. This will hide the WhatsApp images and videos
from your Android smartphone’s gallery.
Run
Multiple WhatsApp Accounts on a Single Device (Android only)
Some of us have an Android smartphone with dual SIM functionality, which makes us want to have two separate WhatsApp accounts but unfortunately, WhatsApp restricts users to only one account on a device. Well, the good news is that there’s a workaround, thanks to Android’s multi-user feature. Here’s what you need to do:
Go
to your phone’s Settings->Users and “Add new user“. Complete the whole setup
to create a new user.
Once
you have created a new user, install WhatsApp on the new user account and enter
the other number you want to use here.
Hide the blue ticks
Those blue ticks can get you in a whole world of trouble, especially when you don't reply instantly and someone sees you have read their messages. You can turn them off, but it's worth noting that if you do, you won't get read receipts for your messages either.
iOS: Settings > Account > Privacy > Toggle off Read Receipts.
Android: Settings > Account > Privacy > Untick Read Receipts.
Turn
words bold, italic or strikethrough
Sometimes
certain words need more emphasis and shouty caps just isn't going
to cut it. Don't worry, WhatsApp allows you to make whichever words
or phrases you want bold, italic, or strikethrough them altogether.
iOS
and Android: Add an asterisk either side of the word or phrase for *bold*.
Add an underscore either side of the word or phrase for _italic_. Add a tildes
to either side of the word or phase for ~strikethrough~.
Mark
chats as unread