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WhatsApp Tips and Tricks

Practical shortcuts for daily messaging and cleaner chats. Many of these screenshots come from the earlier content.

15 WhatsApp Tricks

1. Font Style

Use *text* for bold, _text_ for italics, and ~text~ for strikethrough.

Bold and italic WhatsApp font styles

2. Font Face

Wrap with three grave accents (```) to switch into a fixed-width style.

WhatsApp monospace text style

3. Retain Deleted Media

You can keep media by deleting it from WhatsApp without checking the system delete option.

Retain deleted WhatsApp media locally

4. Read Secretly

Turn on Airplane Mode first, then open the chat to read without marking as read.

Read message with receipts disabled

5. Discover Your Top Chats

Open Data & Storage Usage, then Storage Usage to see which chats consume the most storage.

WhatsApp storage usage by chat

6. Pin Your Choices

Pin useful conversations so they stay at the top of your chat list.

Pin chats in WhatsApp

7. Create Event

Share a date inside your message and WhatsApp can present it as a clickable date event (especially on iPhone).

Create calendar event from WhatsApp message

8. Enable Pop-Up Previews

Turn on notification previews to answer from popups when available.

Enable quick reply previews

9. Reply Privately in Groups

Use Reply Privately on a message to avoid posting a visible reply in the full group.

Private reply in WhatsApp group

10. Message Info and Timing

Message info shows delivery and read details on supported versions.

WhatsApp message info

11. Create and Edit GIFs

Switch media type to GIF when sharing a short clip and use basic inline editing on media.

Create GIF or edit WhatsApp media

12. Group Invitations

Set group invite controls in privacy settings to block unknown or unwanted adds.

WhatsApp group invitation settings

13. Hide Private Info

Use privacy settings to control who sees profile photo, status, and about info.

Hide WhatsApp profile details

14. Disable Auto-Saving Media

Turn off auto-download for cellular or Wi-Fi to save space and data.

Disable automatic media saving on WhatsApp

15. The Big Beating Heart

Send a heart emoji with no text to trigger a large animated heart in some clients.

Animated big beating heart emoji trick

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