WhatsApp has launched a new privacy feature which will stop you being pulled into group chats you don’t want to be a part of.
Starting from today, you’ll be able to choose who can add you to groups, letting you block dodgy people or prevent annoying friends from adding you.
This might sound like a frivolous feature, but in fact it’s a great privacy tool because people in groups can see each other’s phone numbers.
If you can take control of who adds you into these chats, then you have an extra tool to protect your identity and make sure strange or scammy people don’t contact you as well as protecting yourself from bullies.
The update will roll out across the world, starting from today.
When you’ve updated the app, just open up settings and scroll to ‘account’, followed by ‘privacy’ and then ‘groups’.
You will be able to choose who’s allowed to add you to groups, with three options available.
If you click ‘nobody’, you will never be asked to join groups. Select ‘everyone’ and you’re wide open whilst choosing ‘my contacts’ means only friends will be able to add you.
People you’ve blocked will still be able to send a group invitation using a private message – but this is very easy to ignore.
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