Popular messaging app WhatsApp has come up with a new feature that prevents people from adding you to a new group without your permission. It is a wonderful platform to stay connected and especially during the pandemic, it has helped a lot to keep friends and family together.
But sometimes, this platform is misused and you are added to unnecessary groups with people with malicious intent and sometimes you are added to the group to sell products or promote services. This is very annoying because you are being added to that particular group without your consent. The most unique way to exit a group is with a filter that will eventually prevent strangers or anyone from adding you to an unknown group.
WhatsApp has brought many changes in group chat settings and you can easily protect your privacy. With the help of this setting, you will not be able to add any user to the group without your permission. WhatsApp has made this feature available for Android users and iPhone users. This setting allows users to set who can add you to groups and, by default, the setting is set to ‘Everyone’, meaning anyone with your phone number can add you to groups .
Specifically, when you change the setting, group administrators may provide you with an invite link that prompts you to join the group.
Here’s how to avoid adding random people to WhatsApp groups:
- Click on the three dots in the top right corner of the screen.
- Click on the Settings option and then tap on Account.
- Click on Privacy > Groups. The default setting is likely to be set to ‘All’.
- Choose from three options – ‘Everyone’, ‘My Contacts’, and ‘Except My Contacts’
- The ‘Everyone’ option allows any user with your phone number to add you to a group without your permission.
- The ‘My Contacts’ option only allows users to add you to groups whose numbers you have saved in your Contacts list.
- Whereas the last option ‘Accept My Contacts’ lets you choose who can add you to groups by allowing you to filter and remove contacts that you don’t want to be added to a group.
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