Top WhatsApp Tricks And Tips You Should Know

The awesome and best smartphone messaging app WhatsApp is installed almost all mobile phones. The WhatsApp messenger is easy to set up and also very easy to use. Billions of messages are sent daily from this application which helps us to reduce the SMS cost. I bet you also use this application to connect with your friends and family. Today, we will discuss the top tricks and tips of WhatsApp which will amaze you. You can do lots of things with your WhatsApp application. You can hide status, profile picture or you can also hide WhatsApp images from gallery! Yes, we will going to share all these WhatsApp tricks only for you. So read on and get more with your favorite messaging app.

After Facebook and WhatsApp amalgamation, WhatsApp is updating and it is getting more and more popular. Here we are going to show you five simple and awesome WhatsApp tricks and tips which you should know. Try these tricks on your mobile phone and see what else you can do with this superb app. Here we are going to discuss about the WhatsApp for Android operating system. So some of the tricks will only work for Android. Let us see the five top WhatsApp tricks and tips. Have a look.

Hide WhatsApp Images or Videos from Gallery

Yes, this thing is very simple! You just have to do some copy paste work and that’s it! Sometimes we feel awkward if the WhatsApp images pops up in gallery. Sometimes the images and videos are private. And if someone access your gallery which is open to all, can see all your WhatsApp data easily. So to hide this we will create a simple file on “File Manager”. We have to create a “.nomedia” file to hide these media. Gallery skips the folder which contain file with “.nomedia” extension. Let us see how you can hide WhatsApp images and videos from gallery.

Open File Manager
Go to WhatsApp folder.
After that open “Profile Pictures” folder.
Copy “.nomedia” file there. If you can’t find, go to settings and check to show hidden files.

After copy, go to “Media” folder which is inside of “WhatsApp” folder.
Head towards “WhatsApp Images” and paste this file there. If you want to hide videos, paste the same file in “WhatsApp Videos” folder
Now check your gallery. Voila! You will be amazed to see your WhatsApp images are now hidden!
Easy right? You can do this with other folders too to hide from gallery.

Hide Last Seen, Profile Picture, and Status.

You can do this easily with privacy settings. This is really best thing in WhatsApp. It is now available on all Android devices. You can hide your last seen timestamp, your display picture and your status too. We have a full length tutorial on this please check it out.

Hide Last Seen Timestamp, Status and Profile Picture

Install WhatsApp without SIM Card

If you want to install WhatsApp on your tablet which is Wi-Fi only, then you can try this. Do you know WhatsApp has two methods to verify your number? Yes, it has two methods. First it will SMS you on your given number and second one is to call you. If first one fails, they call you at same number which you provided. You just have to receive call and note down the verification code. After that enter the verification code on your tablet. That’s it!

Restore Chats after Changing New Mobile

If you are changing to new mobile then you have to install WhatsApp again, which will lose all your data and chats. But do not worry, you can restore this very easily. In Android phones you can do this by simply taking backup.

From your old mobile, open WhatsApp and then go to settings.
Tap on “Chat Settings” and then tap “Backup Conversations”.

Now go to your file manager and head towards WhatsApp folder and then enter “Database”.
Copy the backup file which will look like this “msgstore-YYYY-MM-DD.db.crypt5”.
Paste it in your new mobile in the same location. And then install app.

It will ask you to restore your chats, tap on restore and done!

Easy, right? All your chats will be back again and you can start where you left in your old mobile phone.

Change WhatsApp Mobile Number

If you want to change your mobile number without losing your friends and leaving groups that you joined, then this will surely help you. WhatsApp has an official way to change your mobile number and get a new one for WhatsApp. Sometimes we change mobile numbers due to many reason and because of the new number we have to send the new number to all friends and join groups again. Now you can do this without any problem. Just open WhatsApp and then head towards “Settings”. Then tap “Account” and then “Change Number”. Enter your old mobile number as well as the new one. Done! Now enjoy WhatsApp on your new number and new phone!

All tricks are very easy to perform isn’t it? Just follow the procedure and perform. If you have problem while performing, please feel free to comment here. I will try to reply as soon as possible. If you know any other tricks share with other peoples. Comment your trick and if it works, we will include that on this list for sure with your name. So do comment and share these tricks.

Happy Messaging!

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