How to change/remove DP (profile picture)?

From the settings, if we click on the profile picture as shown in the following image, we have the option to change/remove DP, edit name, and about info

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How to add status/set status privacy?

We can upload new status from the option shown in the below image. We can also set the status privacy so only selected users can able to see our status as shown in the following image.

  1. My contacts option will show the status only to the contacts we have saved on our cellphone.
  2. My Contact except this option will allow users to choose with whom we don’t want to share our status.
  3. Only share with will allow users to select the contacts with whom we want to share the status.

We can select either one of the 3 choices. Our uploaded status is available only for 24Hrs. After 24hrs it will automatically get deleted. We can add multiple statuses(images/videos) at a time.

We can also see other people’s statuses from the status tab under Recent Uploads as shown in the image.

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How to send Current/Live Location?

Share Current Location: This is the current location for us for the current time only. It can be shared as follows.

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Share live location: We can also share our live location with the person or group for particular time intervals. Whatsapp provides 15mins, 1Hr, and 8Hrs time intervals for live location. We can also stop sharing the location if we do not want to share it any further. Live location can be shared as shown in the below image.

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How to delete sent messages?

It’s a very useful feature provided by WhatsApp to delete the message sent by mistake. If we hold on to the message that message will get selected.
We have 2 options

  • DELETE FOR EVERYONE will delete messages for us as well as another person. After the message is deleted that person will not able to see the message that we have sent.
  • DELETE FOR ME only deletes the message for Us, other person still able to see our message.
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-A blog by Shwetali Khambe

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