New Delhi: Are you traveling and don’t want to be bothered by WhatsApp messages? However, there is a way to delete the messaging app without deleting it. There are times you don’t want to use WhatsApp or even want to receive messages through it. While you can mute all WhatsApp messages, it can give the impression that you are ignoring them or that something is wrong.
If your smartphone has mobile data or Wi-Fi turned on, you will receive WhatsApp messages and you will not be able to stop them until you turn off your data. Even if you disable background data or keep WhatsApp off, you will still receive notifications for new messages. If you thought turning off blue ticks for your messages would help you ignore people on WhatsApp, think again. The app won’t stop sending you messages and disabling this feature means the sender won’t be able to tell whether you’ve read or not. Read more:
Remember that whenever you open this messaging app, WhatsApp will always show everyone that you are online, and there is no way to hide it. If you don’t want to use WhatsApp for a while, you can disappear and stop receiving messages without deleting the app. Here’s how to go about it. Read more:
- The process is straightforward and will take less than a minute to complete. All you have to do is change a setting and you’re done.
- Long press and hold the WhatsApp app and select the “App info” icon.
- At the top, you should now see the “Force Stop” option. All you have to do is tap on it, and you’re done.
- Close the WhatsApp app running in the background. Once this is done you will no longer receive messages on this app.
Notably, if you use this method, the sender will only see a tick indicating that the message was not delivered to you. A double tick indicates that the message has been delivered to you, but you haven’t read it yet. Blue tick indicates that the message has been read by the recipient.