Many don’t care, but other people do dislike or feel anxious that other people can see when they are writing on WhatsApp. It is a function that a priori cannot be disabledbut there are tricks to prevent other people from seeing when we are writing and just get the message.
In fact, there is no way, there is more than one WhatsApp trick so that other people cannot see when we are writing a message. Follow the steps below and avoid it at any time.
Use airplane mode
Airplane mode is the safest way because you can have the WhatsApp app open as long as you need, without anyone knowing that you are using it.
- Turn off your smartphone data, or directly turn on airplane mode. And confirm that you are out of any Wi-Fi network
- open whatsapp
- Go to the chat and write all the text you need to write
- Send the message, it does not matter that you are without data
- Once sent, the message will appear with a clock icon. That means the message is ready to be sent but couldn’t because there is no data, but when you connect to the internet, it will be sent immediately.
- Turn off airplane mode
Clever. The contact has no idea that you had typed that long message, because they had no way of seeing that annoying “Typing…”.
From WhatsApp notifications
When you receive a WhatsApp message you get a notification with which you can interact. Even on the lock screen, and from there reply with your message. The contact on the other end will not see that you are typing.
- On Android, the reply button appears just below the notification. Press it and you will write from there, without entering the app.
- On iPhone, just keep your finger pressed on the notification and it will display the text field to write your message.
In both cases the message will be received without any prior notification that you were writing it.
Write your message in your notes app
This is the simplest of all. Do you have a long message to write and that you want to send on WhatsApp? Write it in another app, for example, a Notes app. Once you’ve finished doing it and you have it perfectly clear, copy the text, paste it and immediately send it to the contact. The person will not even give you time to see that you are writing it, they will simply receive the message.
This is one of many WhatsApp tricks that may not change your life, but it will certainly help you maintain a little more privacy.