WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps in India. The platform claims that billions of messages are exchanged on a daily basis, which is huge. But, there are times when you don’t feel like using WhatsApp and want to stop receiving messages on it. The biggest issue with this is that you can’t just silence your messages or get rid of WhatsApp without uninstalling it.
So, if your mobile data or Wi-Fi is on, you will receive messages on this messaging app. It doesn’t matter if you turn off background data for this app or keep WhatsApp closed, you will still get notifications for new messages. There is also no point in turning off the blue tick for your messages as the app will not stop sending you messages and disabling this feature means that the sender won’t be able to know whether you have read messages or not.
When you open the app, WhatsApp will show everyone that you are online and you don’t have an option to hide that. If you are a core user of this messaging app and don’t want to use it anymore for some time, then there is a way to disappear and not receive messages without deleting the app. So keep reading to find out the answer to your question.
How to disappear from WhatsApp without deleting messaging app
The process is pretty simple and it will take less than 1 minute to do this. All you need to do is change one setting and your work will be done.
Step 1: Long press on the WhatsApp app and tap on “App info” icon.
Step 2: You will now see a “Force Stop” option on the top. You just need to tap on it and that’s it.
Step 3: Close the WhatsApp app in the background. Once this is done, you will stop receiving messages on this app.
Note: If you follow this trick, the sender will only see one tick, which basically means that the message is not delivered to you. A double tick means the message is delivered to you, but you haven’t read it. Blue ticks mean the message has been read by the receiver.
Do keep in mind that the moment you open WhatsApp, it will start working again and you will then get messages. If you want to disappear from this app, then keep it closed in the background and use the “Force Stop” option to not receive messages.
