Despite being one of the most used messaging applications in the world, WhatsApp is not one of the bestas the lack of several security features means that scams are commonplace.
Although Meta, the company behind this messaging app, is constantly improving its privacy, users encounter messages from strangers in your account almost every day. Fortunately, these types of situations may decrease over time.
The latest news relating to the messaging app points to this situation, and that’s it WhatsApp wants to put an end to those annoying scam chats that come from people you don’t know.
Progressively, WhatsApp is enabling a feature that allows you to block messages from unknown numbers. Here we will talk about this new feature and explain step by step how to activate it.
You can stop receiving messages on WhatsApp from unknown numbers
Before showing you step by step how to activate this feature, it is important to clarify this not yet available worldwide. If you want to have access to the section from which it can be activated, you must update the WhatsApp app to the latest version.
- You have to first open the WhatsApp application from your cell phone.
- Once you enter the messaging application, you will have to do this press on the three small vertical points (located in the top right corner of the screen).
- A menu will appear with several options, you will have to click on the one it says “Settings”.
- Then you will have to enter “Privacy”.
- Different sections will appear, you need to access the one that says “Advanced”.
- And finally, you will have to activate the call function “Block messages from unknown accounts”.
It is worth mentioning that this privacy tool it will not block messages from all unknown numbersbecause if someone adds you as a contact and sends you a message, you will receive it without any problem.
What this function does is Detect if an account is constantly sending messages to unknown numbers. When this anomaly is registered, WhatsApp will block messages from reaching your account.
Without anything else to add in this regard, in case you are still unable to use this privacy function, we recommend that you download WhatsApp Beta, a version that will give you the opportunity to access the latest features before anyone else.
