{"id":3602,"date":"2023-05-16T21:23:40","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T21:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/whatsapp-chats-can-now-be-locked-behind-password-protected-folders"},"modified":"2023-05-16T21:23:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T21:23:40","slug":"whatsapp-chats-can-now-be-locked-behind-password-protected-folders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/whatsapp-chats-can-now-be-locked-behind-password-protected-folders\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp chats can now be locked behind password-protected folders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chat Lock is coming to WhatsApp, the Meta-owned messaging app. This feature allows users to store specific messages and conversations in a folder that can only be accessed when a user enters a password or scans their fingerprint.\u00a0Additionally, notifications from the locked chat folder are hidden too. To lock a chat, tap the name of a person or group conversation and tap the lock option. To access locked chats, swipe your inbox down and enter your password or biometrics. That&#8217;s it. Here&#8217;s the new Chat Lock feature in action Meta says they have more features planned for Chat Lock, including custom chat passwords, companion device support, and more. \u201cOver the next few months we\u2019re going to be adding more options for Chat Lock, including locking for companion devices, creating a custom password for your chats so that you can use a unique password different from your phone\u2019s,\u201d\u00a0Meta wrote in a blog post. This is a valuable feature for people who may share devices with friends or family or for people who are adamant about keeping their communication private. Chat Lock is rolling out now. WhatsApp is the most popular messaging app in the world, with WeChat following in second place and Messenger taking the third spot. Have any thoughts on this? Drop us a line below in the comments, or carry the discussion over to our&nbsp;Twitter&nbsp;or&nbsp;Facebook. Editors&#8217; Recommendations: WhatsApp rolls out update with users\u2019 \u201cmost wanted features\u201d\u00a0 How to secure your WhatsApp account with a fingerprint lock WhatsApp is now&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/chat-lock-whatsap\/\">WhatsApp chats can now be locked behind password-protected folders<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chat Lock is coming to WhatsApp, the Meta-owned messaging app. This feature allows users to store specific messages and conversations in a folder that can only be accessed when a&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[412,300,380,2540,2542,2539,180,2541,12,295,2348],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3602"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3602\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}