The most important instant communication application in the world, we are talking about WhatsAppis also considered one of the messaging platforms that consumes the most storage space on your smartphone, because it not only allows you to share text messages, but also any type of multimedia file.
On this occasion, from Depor we will teach you how to empty a personal or group WhatsApp conversation keeping or deleting all the images, videos, Word, Excel, PDF documents, etc., elements that over time are saved in the gallery or internal files from your cell phone with iOS or Android operating system.
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The guide to empty a WhatsApp chat without deleting the multimedia files on your smartphone
- First, check that WhatsApp do not have pending updates.
- Now, open the application and enter any conversation, it can be group or personal.
- Now, click on the icon of the three vertical points that are located in the upper right corner.
- Several options will be displayed, press the one that says “More” > “Empty chat”.
- You will get a pop-up window indicating that all messages will be deleted.
- Finally, below you will check or uncheck a box to decide if you will keep the multimedia files of that chat that have been stored in the gallery of your mobile.
For what reasons can WhatsApp suspend my account?
- unofficial apps: You can say goodbye to your account if WhatsApp detects that you are using modified applications, such as: “WhatsApp Plus”, “Fouad WhatsApp”, “GB WhatsApp”, etc.
- Spread phishing and fake promotions: Normally, these types of messages are spread by cybercriminals, who try to send their scams on WhatsApp in bulk. The objective is to make you believe that you have won a prize or cash, with the purpose of having you follow a series of steps, among these, installing an application that has a dangerous malware virus that would put your personal information and even bank details at risk.
- Rumors and extortion: If you are one of the people who only shares misinformation that causes chaos, paranoia and even threats, you can also be sanctioned not only temporarily, but forever, of course, as long as users report the message you have sent.
- whatsapp groups: You should never put the name “Pedophilia” to your conversation, otherwise WhatsApp will block not only you, but also the members of that group.
The guide to recover your WhatsApp account in case you forget the two-step verification PIN
Another relevant fact is that when you activate the two-step verification and create your PIN code, WhatsApp will previously ask you to add a backup email to reset the password, here is the solution, you will change the code through your account Gmail or Hotmail.
- Open the application and a pop-up window will automatically appear for you to enter the PIN code you created.
- Try to place the real one, if you fail you will get the warning: “wrong PIN. Retry”.
- Click on the green shaded phrase that says: “Forgot your PIN?”.
- Tap on “Send to email”, the same one you registered to store your backup copies.
- Access your Gmail or Hotmail account, here you will receive a PIN reset link, press it.
- Add a password that is easy to remember, but difficult to guess, and this time write it down on a piece of paper.
- Finally, click on “Confirm” and enter WhatsApp.
So you can put WhatsApp on the iPhone lock screen
- To carry out this trick, you must first download an application that creates widgets, in this case, it will be Lock View.
- Once done, scroll to the bottom of the screen and hit Create new widget.
- Now, in the section to select apps, place WhatsApp.
- Next, click on OK and you will have the WhatsApp widget.
- Subsequently, lock your iPhone and hold the screen.
- Among the available options, choose add widgets.
- Find the Lock View app and select it.
- Two WhatsApp icons will appear, choose the one you prefer and that’s it.