WhatsApp Groups can prove helpful to stay in touch with friends and family. By default, your group privacy settings are set to Everyone. This means anyone with your mobile number can add you to a group on WhatsApp. While it makes things simpler, this also puts you at risk of being added to unwanted groups. And we all know how annoying it can be when random messages keep popping up every now and then in such groups.
WhatsApp has a fix for this problem of being added to random groups by random people. One can tweak his/her group privacy settings on WhatsApp to get rid of this vulnerability. You can opt from three different options on who can add you to a Group. Here’s how to proceed
How to avoid being added to random WhatsApp groups on iPhone
WhatsApp has a fix for this problem of being added to random groups by random people. One can tweak his/her group privacy settings on WhatsApp to get rid of this vulnerability. You can opt from three different options on who can add you to a Group. Here’s how to proceed
How to avoid being added to random WhatsApp groups on iPhone
- Open WhatsApp and go to Settings
- Now, tap on Account and then Privacy
- Here, look for Groups and tap on it
- Opening it will give you three options on who can add you to WhatsApp Groups-
Everyone- This means anyone with your number can add you to any WhatsApp group
My Contacts- This will allow only your WhatsApp contacts to add you to groups on WhatsApp
My Contacts except- Using this option, you can further restrict people from adding you to groups on WhatsApp. If a contact, that you have restricted, tries to add you to a group, you will get a WhatsApp chat invite. You can then deny or accept the request within three days.
How to avoid being added to random WhatsApp groups on Android
- Go to WhatsApp and tap on three dots icon on the top-right corner
- Tap Settings, Account and Privacy
- Here, tap on Groups. You will see three options here- Everyone, My Contacts, or My Contacts Except.
You can select either of the three options as per your choice.
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