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How to Delete Archived Chats in WhatsApp

As a popular chat app, WhatsApp has been on top of the market for quite some time now. Knowing your way around the app is pretty much essential. As simple as the app appears, however, it still hides certain features that you might not know about.

Here’s how to navigate smooth waters of WhatsApp and how to make the most out of it. Here are some essential WhatsApp tips and tricks that you should learn.

Archiving a Chat

If you’ve ever tried deleting a chat, you’ve noticed that the “delete” option doesn’t exist. Well, not in the conversation list screen. To archive a chat, go to the chats tab and either swipe left if you have an iOS device or hold the chat if you are an Android user. Then, select Archive. You’ll notice that this has removed the conversation from the list.

However, the deleted chat still exists. It’s in the Archived Chats section. To access this location on Android and iOS devices, it is located at the top of the list.

If you want to return the chat to the regular conversation list, select Unarchive. If you want to delete it/leave the conversation, hold the chat and select the Trash icon at the top and then Delete.

With group chats that you didn’t create but were a part of, you need to exit on the group first before you can delete the chat. To do this, hold the chat and tap the More option(three-dotted icon) at the top right then select Exit group. Once again, tap and hold the chat to select. You will notice that the delete option is now available. Select the Trash icon to permanently delete the chat.

Quoting

It’s easy to get lost inside a conversation, especially if we’re talking about a group chat. Instead of quoting and referring to a point in the chat, you can automatically “quote” the selected message. When a user taps this quote, it will take them to the exact location in the conversation.

To quote a message, swipe right or tap and hold the desired entry. Tap the left-facing arrow and type in your message. Then, tap the send arrow to the right.

Stop Media Auto-Download

WhatsApp comes with a smart option to automatically download every picture sent to you in your conversations. This neat feature, however, can turn into quite a nightmare, logistically. Also, it will take up space on your device, which is something that you’ll want to avoid. By default, this feature is on. Luckily, you can turn it off.

Go to Settings within the app and navigate to Storage and data. Then, you can select which files you want automatically downloaded and in under what conditions. That goes for Photo, Audio, Video, and Document files. With each of these, you can select whether you want them auto-downloaded while on Wi-Fi and Cellular data, while only on Wi-Fi, and Never.

You can also turn the auto-download on and off for individual chats. Just go to any conversation, select the chat name, navigate to Media visibility, and turn the feature on or off.

Add Someone to the Home Screen

If there is someone in your life who you talk to often via WhatsApp, you can speed things up by adding a quick-use shortcut on the Home screen. To do this, open the mentioned contact/group and either swipe left if you’re on iOS or tap and hold the chat if you’re on Android. Then, select More and then Add chat shortcut. The icon will appear on your device’s desktop.

Navigating WhatsApp

These useful tips will help you make the most out of your WhatsApp experience. They aren’t fancy and complicated, but they can help you navigate the popular chat app.

What tip did you find the most helpful? Do you have any other cool tricks for WhatsApp users? Feel free to share them or ask any questions in the comment section below.

How to remove Archived Chats from the top of your chat window on WhatsApp

The Archived chats feature can be used when you no longer wish to see the name of a contact on your chat window, you may not want to block him but want to remove him from your current chat list.

Ankita Chakravarti

New Delhi,UPDATED: Aug 11, 2021 09:19 IST

By Ankita Chakravarti: WhatsApp has officially rolled out the archived chat option for both Android and iOS users. The Archived chats feature can be used when you no longer wish to see the name of a contact on your chat window, you may not want to block him but want to remove him from your current chat list. This you can do with contacts you rarely interact with. However, there are some caveats that you should not know about before archiving a contact. Once you archive a chat, you will no longer receive any notification from that chat even when there is a new message.

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WhatsApp will not tell you when an archived contact messages you but will display the number at the top of the screen to inform you about the unread message. The notification about the same will not be sent. The archived chat box appears on top of your chat window. That is the first thing you see when you open WhatsApp and that can annoy a lot of users. Whenever you get a text from an archived contact, WhatsApp will display a number and that will appear at the top of your screen. The number is placed next to the archived chat box to show the unread messages.

If you are not happy to see an archived chat box at the top of your screen, you can always remove it from there.

Here’s how you to remove Archived Chats from the top of your chat window on WhatsApp

— Go to WhatsApp and tap on Archived which appears at the top of the chat window

— When you tap on Archived chat box, it will show you the number of chats you have archived and whether you have received any message from them or not.

— On the top right of your iPhone, you will find an Edit button

—Tap on edit button, and it will provide you with two options to choose from including Select Chats and Edit Archive Settings

— Tap on Edit Archive Settings

— When you scroll down, you would find a “Keep chats archived” toggle button

— if the toggle is turned on, you will see the Archived chat option at the top of your screen

— If you turn off the Keep Chats Archived button, the Archived chat box will disappear from the top of your chat window.

— You can follow the same steps to turn it on in future if you want the feature back.

Notably, when you turn off the Keep Chats Archived option, you will also start getting notifications whenever a contact you have archived sends you a message.

Edited By:

Ankita Chakravarti

Published On:

Aug 11, 2021

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