{"id":523,"date":"2020-02-08T14:43:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T14:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hippotechgroup.com\/how-to-take-control-on-who-can-add-you-to-whatsapp-groups\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T13:48:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T13:48:06","slug":"how-to-take-control-on-who-can-add-you-to-whatsapp-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hippotechgroup.com\/ro\/how-to-take-control-on-who-can-add-you-to-whatsapp-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Take Control on Who Can Add You to WhatsApp Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hippo-before-content\" id=\"hippo-3444318711\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8362125513622191\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8362125513622191\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7257236543\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><div data-amp-style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 1.86; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt; text-align: justify;\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"separator\" data-amp-style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a data-amp-imageanchor=\"1\" data-amp-style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/hippotechgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/whatsapp.png\"><span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<h3>\n<span data-amp-style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot;, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Control on Who Can Add You to WhatsApp Groups<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3>\n<span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span data-amp-style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #222222; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span data-amp-style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" data-amp-style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a data-amp-imageanchor=\"1\" data-amp-style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/hippotechgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/contril-whatsapp-groups.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Control on Who Can Add You to Whatsapp Groups\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"800\" data-original-width=\"1524\" src=\"https:\/\/hippotechgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/contril-whatsapp-groups.png\" title=\"Control on Who Can Add You to Whatsapp Groups\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"> <span data-amp-style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span data-amp-style=\"font-weight: normal;\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-ec413c81-7fff-9ad0-395e-f2fbea90d685\"><span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">Do you keep getting added to WhatsApp groups that you really don\u2019t want to be in? <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span data-amp-style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot;, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;\">To combat that, a new feature of the messaging application is definitely for you. This feature helps you take control on who can add you to WhatsApp groups.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-amp-style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot;, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Here\u2019s how to use it.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-amp-style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot;, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Chat groups <\/span><span data-amp-style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot;, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">can be useful for keeping in touch with friends, colleagues or people you share interests with. However, we all have that person on our list who creates lots of groups. And then adds their whole phonebook to them. But now you have a choice on which contacts can and can\u2019t add you to every group of theirs.<\/span><\/div>\n<h4 data-amp-style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 1.42306; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<span data-amp-style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Decide Who Can Add You To WhatsApp Groups<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<div data-amp-style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 1.86; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt; text-align: justify;\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<span data-amp-style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">The feature has been recently added and couldn\u2019t be easier to use. The steps below are on an Android smartphone, but they are the same on iOS devices.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<div data-amp-style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 1.86; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span data-amp-style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">First, make sure that you\u2019re running the latest version of the app. Then, launch WhatsApp and tap the <\/span><span data-amp-style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">three dots <\/span><span data-amp-style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">at the top right side of the screen and tap <\/span><span data-amp-style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Settings.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" data-amp-style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><a data-amp-imageanchor=\"1\" data-amp-style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/hippotechgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WhatsAppImage2020-02-08at15.02.20.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Control on Who Can Add You to Whatsapp Groups1\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"739\" data-original-width=\"1080\" height=\"271\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjea2ssly_uIcZ604rqFFkd7OW_gwSZB3Bqr7q9cpAustsxRqxEN5kuvRFfAm1NxIpPDBHOuL5m-640MGy0riRHeJxHCvPAp31_U0hrV62aCi814GUvQd28aWgsDWx49mdTXeup3jQ2hWsH\/s400\/WhatsApp+Image+2020-02-08+at+15.02.20.jpeg\" title=\"Control on Who Can Add You to Whatsapp Groups1\" width=\"400\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div data-amp-style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 1.8599999999999999; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-top: 0pt;\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<span data-amp-style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-994e937f-7fff-229d-be2a-98ff47d0f8ea\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div data-amp-style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 1.8599999999999999; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-top: 0pt;\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span data-amp-style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Next, tap <\/span><span data-amp-style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Account<\/span><span data-amp-style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> and then, on the following screen, tap <\/span><span data-amp-style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Privacy.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" data-amp-style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><a data-amp-imageanchor=\"1\" data-amp-style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/hippotechgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WhatsAppImage2020-02-08at15.25.44.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Control on Who Can Add You to Whatsapp Groups2\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1024\" data-original-width=\"779\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjztzsQEc3qeMmpfN4-pcMDii3zs_CbHCcgJc7u4SzM4PwXtgwusGl29V9rq5oYrXCEBYMrpvonnlCwK2lljD7nVyMU55pZ0noVPyloY1eAPa0cUCSOcXFuKLvO8F3sMc6Z2vlUNqQszUI3\/s400\/WhatsApp+Image+2020-02-08+at+15.25.44.jpeg\" title=\"Control on Who Can Add You to Whatsapp Groups2\" width=\"303\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div data-amp-style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 1.8599999999999999; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-top: 0pt;\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span data-amp-style=\"color: #222222; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Next, choose <\/span><span data-amp-style=\"color: #222222; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Groups <\/span><span data-amp-style=\"color: #222222; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">from the menu.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" data-amp-style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a data-amp-imageanchor=\"1\" data-amp-style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/hippotechgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WhatsAppImage2020-02-08at15.02.20252812529.jpeg\"><span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Control on Who Can Add You to Whatsapp Groups3\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1024\" data-original-width=\"512\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgfKn83t2AjEmrXaDXfRMVEfmIoTYxAPIjaynPcV_jgQk29BT3cOHvG8-Hv5gYZCA9I3iBWxJmiXlSf0zqBvGhgYMOCHWyGTXI34Xov2B30g4cU3FWAaJzeQ8bz1ye66hOGCvOUfbsDURl9\/s640\/WhatsApp+Image+2020-02-08+at+15.02.20+%25281%2529.jpeg\" title=\"Control on Who Can Add You to Whatsapp Groups3\" width=\"320\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div data-amp-style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 1.8599999999999999; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-top: 0pt;\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<span data-amp-style=\"color: #222222; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span data-amp-style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span> <span data-amp-style=\"color: #222222; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span data-amp-style=\"text-align: justify;\">The next step is the most important one. This is where you can decide who is and who isn\u2019t able to add you to groups. The options offered here allow for some good tailoring of this setting.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div data-amp-style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 1.86; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt; text-align: justify;\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span data-amp-style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">You can leave the default setting, which is <\/span><span data-amp-style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Everyone <\/span><span data-amp-style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u2014 which obviously isn\u2019t what we want. Or, select <\/span><span data-amp-style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">My contacts<\/span><span data-amp-style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> which are only those in your list.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div data-amp-style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 1.86; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<span data-amp-style=\"color: #222222; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-193861a8-7fff-9f3e-e6f9-c6242c14b048\"><span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span data-amp-style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\">Most importantly, though, you can select <\/span><span data-amp-style=\"font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;\">My contacts except<\/span><span data-amp-style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\"> which are contact not allowed to add to groups.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" data-amp-style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a data-amp-imageanchor=\"1\" data-amp-style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/hippotechgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WhatsAppImage2020-02-08at15.13.57.jpeg\"><span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Control on Who Can Add You to Whatsapp Groups4\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"954\" data-original-width=\"1080\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjSRTVrEzqd9FbDDvmEQl3JCb7zn4kBw-rgGfaWqnSOgF2w4kYoQOjp-zo_RziFVdEP-c6y2HsS4rmpd9KiTBpgWQ1_kQm50OHSUcy444rXy-xluJ8yopRD-kyPqKcSSH4k53XmE5p5j2Ka\/s400\/WhatsApp+Image+2020-02-08+at+15.13.57.jpeg\" title=\"Control on Who Can Add You to Whatsapp Groups4\" width=\"400\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div data-amp-style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 1.86; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt; text-align: justify;\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<span data-amp-style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">This will prevent that person we all know in our lists who thinks that everyone wants to see their funny cat pictures group, for example.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div data-amp-style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 1.86; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt; text-align: justify;\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<span data-amp-style=\"color: #222222; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">All in all, this can be a very useful WhatsApp feature. This will stop the annoyance of being added to groups that you don\u2019t care to be apart of.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span data-amp-style=\"color: #222222; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">You can also learn more on some whatsApp features like <a href=\"https:\/\/hippotechgroup.com\/ro\/2020\/05\/how-to-disable-auto-download-on-whatsapp.html\/\" target=\"_blank\">disabling auto-download<\/a> on WhatsApp. <\/span><\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Control on Who Can Add You to WhatsApp Groups Do you keep getting added to WhatsApp groups that you really don\u2019t want to be in? To combat that, a new feature of the messaging application is definitely for you. This feature helps you take control on who can add you to WhatsApp groups. 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