How to Lock WhatsApp Messages Using "Chat Lock"
How to Lock WhatsApp Messages Using "Chat Lock". The WhatsApp message lock feature or called Chat Lock has finally been officially released for all users.
This feature was initially only available for beta users of Whatsapp.
How to Lock WhatsApp Messages Using "Chat Lock"
As the name suggests, the WhatsApp message lock feature is useful for securing WA chats from unwanted access. So how do you use it? Here are the details.
How to lock WhatsApp messages
- Click the chat or group that you want to lock
- Click the contact or group profile
- From there, you will find various options, select the Chat Lock option
- Set a WA message lock with a fingerprint by clicking the "Chat lock with a fingerprint" button.
Your fingerprint data is taken from data that has been recorded by the cellphone. So, you don't need to do fingerprint scanning anymore, unless you haven't registered your fingerprint to phone settings.
If you don't install any lock on your cellphone, you will be asked to set it first via the cellphone's Settings menu, so that chats on WA can be locked.
By following the method above, the chat/group you choose will be hidden from the notification bar or chat list, so that it is not easy for random people to read or peek at.
Chats from locked contacts or groups can be accessed on the special "Locked chat" tab, located above the "Archived" menu.
According to Meta's description, users can use the security system installed on the cellphone, such as a fingerprint or password lock.
Even though the cellphone security system is set with a password, the WA message lock option is only available with a fingerprint. It seems that other security options will be available gradually, as the Chat Lock feature rolls out to all users.
Going forward Meta says it will add more WhatsApp message lock options, including so that the same feature can be applied to other devices with the same account as well as using a custom password to make it different from the password used on the cellphone.