Chat application Whatsapp, belonging to Meta, connects millions of people through encrypted communication. Originally, however, it does not offer any possibility of hiding the indicator of your writing for the person on the other side. But we know the tricks of how to get around it with simple steps and you will also learn how to hide your online status.
How to hide the typing indicator in Whatsapp:
If you are writing a longer message to someone and want to check or edit it several times, you may appreciate the ability to hide the writing indicator. Therefore, the other party or group will not see that your account is writing a message at that time. Despite the fact that the application Whatsapp does not officially offer this feature, there is an alternative to work around this setting.
Just activate the mode before you start writing your extensive message A plane or turn off mobile data. Then open the Whatsapp application and send your message. A "clock" icon will appear next to it, and as soon as you turn on mobile data again or deactivate flight mode, your message will be sent, and the contact on the other end will not be notified about the creation of this message or the time it was written.
Can I also hide my online status?
In the application Whatsapp we can also look at the user's online status. If you want to hide yours, you need to go to the application settings ("three dots" button on the Android system). Then go to "Account", "Privacy", open "Status" and click on "Share only with...". Do not select any contacts in this menu, just go back to the "Account" menu.
Your online or last presence status will be invisible to everyone in this step. This will give you maximum privacy, at least in terms of the boundaries of the Whatsapp application.
The alternative is to respond to messages from the alerts themselves
Although many users do not know about it, the application Whatsapp allows us to respond to messages from the alerts themselves. This is done so that you do not reveal your online status or that the writing indicator does not appear in the application.
However, it must be borne in mind that the reply through notifications is treacherous in that the relevant contact resp. the other party must write to you. You will then essentially use the function of replying to this message.
This is not a problem if you are receiving alerts from individual or group messages. Just click on the arrow next to the notification you want to respond to. After receiving the message, you need to click on the notification arrow, click on the button "To respond", write your message and then click the "Send" button directly in the notification (without going to the application).
However, this is more of an emergency solution, as the other party will see your answer but will not see your status or writing indicator. However, your contact may assume that you have probably read the messages through a preview in the notification.
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