Message privately
Your privacy is our priority. With end-to-end encryption on WhatsApp, your personal messages, photos, calls and more stay between you and the people you choose, meaning not even WhatsApp can see them.
Whether it’s your confessions, your difficult debates, or silly inside jokes, WhatsApp privacy helps your conversations stay protected.
End-to-end encryption
Personal messages, calls, photos and videos are secured with a lock with end-to-end encryption on WhatsApp, only the recipient and you have the special key needed to unlock and read them.
Additional layers of privacy
Beyond end-to-end encryption, WhatsApp offers additional layers of protection to all of your conversations.
Control the privacy you need
With WhatsApp privacy settings, you get to choose what you share, how you show up online, or who can talk to you.
Chat lock
Password protect your most personal chats so you can help keep them private and secure. Locked chats will be hidden from your chats list in the Locked Chats folder, so you can prevent anyone else using your phone from seeing them.
Disappearing messages
With disappearing messages, you can control which messages stick around and for how long, by setting them up to disappear after you’ve sent them.
Silence unknown callers
Screen out spam and unknown contacts from calling you, so you can focus on conversations that really matter to you.
End-to-End Encrypted
backups
Keep your online backups private. Turn on encrypted backups to extend the security of WhatsApp end-to-end encryption to your messages saved in iCloud or Google Drive.
Last seen
and online
Choose to be seen by only those you want. You can customize your privacy settings to choose who can see when you’re online, and when you last used WhatsApp.
Security
and safety
Protect your account from hackers and scammers and stop unwanted chats.
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WhatsApp privacy controls
Take control of your conversations with WhatsApp privacy settings. WhatsApp offers privacy features designed to keep your messaging experience safe, secure and private.
Privacy check up
Personalize your WhatsApp privacy settings with easy step-by-step guidance to help you keep your WhatsApp safe and private. Choose the right level of protection for you.
View once
Send photos and videos that disappear after they’re opened. Perfect for moments you don’t want saved.
Group privacy settings
You can choose who can add you to group chats, giving you more control over your privacy and unwanted group messages.
Profile photo privacy
Decide who can see your profile photo.
Status privacy
Choose who can see your status updates by adding them to your status audience or mentioning people or groups in your status.
Face or Touch ID, and Fingerprint Lock
To help keep your chats private, Lock your WhatsApp so only you can access it.
Leave groups silently
Your group won’t get notified if you decide to exit the chat, keeping your actions more private and giving you more control.
Discover
more features
Learn more about what you can do on WhatsApp.
