WhatsApp has undoubtedly become the first alternative to send messages instantly. This messaging service, which is currently considered a social network, it has superseded SMS, and today it is the most widely used platform of its kind worldwide.
However, despite being so well known, many people do not know how to take their first steps on it. When it comes to using it, everyone makes their fingers on fire from sending messages, but there are few who can configure it right after installing it for the first time on their mobile, something that is unbelievable.
If you are part of this group, in this article We are going to teach you how to configure WhatsApp step by step on Android and iOS devices. In this way you will not have to bother anyone else to do you a favor and you will be left before him as a complete digital illiterate.
Steps to enter the settings and configure everything in WhatsApp on Android and iPhone
Sometimes you have applications on your mobile and you never know everything that can be done with them or how they can be improved so that their use is more optimal, since they are things that cannot be seen with the naked eye.
In this part you can see everything you can do with your app from the configurations, in order to obtain a better operation of it. The steps are the same for both operating systems.
Add name, status and profile photo
You may customize your WhatsApp profile, the photo you want your friends to see, the name or the message you want to show on your contact card. If you want to know how to do it, we will show you below.
- You must go to start of your “Wasat”.
- Now you will look for the “Menu”, which is located at the top of your mobile marked with the three dots. In that window that opened you must enter where it says “Settings”.
- In the next tab You will see that your photo appears and the name you gave it when you started the app for the first time.
- Touch your photo to enter the profile, In the circle that appears with a camera on one side, there you can enter the photo you want. Below you will find the name that you placed when creating it and on one side you have a pencil in case you want to edit it. You will also see the account information (status and associated number).
- To place a state you just have to click on it to be able to establish it. In the same way you can select if you are “Available“, “Occupied“, “At school“, among others.
- There are other kinds of states. you can establish these in the main window of the messenger.
Adjust notifications for chats, groups and some contacts
WhatsApp offers a variety of options to adjust notifications, like any other by default it brings a specific sound and led color to differentiate itself from other applications.
Although this is so, you can modify it and configure it so that you can identify when it is a chat from someone in particular or from a group. To do it you just have to follow these steps.
- You are going to enter the “Menu” > “Settings”.
- In the window that opened you will have several options, you are going to enter where it says “Notifications”.
- There you can adjust the “Message notifications”, “Group notifications” and “Call notifications”.
- between this you can choose the tone, the vibration, the light that you want your device to show and if you want a pop-up alert to appear every time you get a message.
- If you want to personalize it, that is, set this to a particular contact, just you have to go to your list and select the person.
- Once this is done, the chat of the person with the information will appear, you must go to “Menu” > “View contact” > “Custom notifications” and select where it says “Custom Notifications” to activate it and be able to unlock the options and edit them.
Silence notifications for a contact or groups
If you want to mute notifications from some people or groups, You can do it in the same way, but in this case it is a little easier.
- You can do this by entering the chat of the contact or the group and clicking on “Menu” > “Mute notifications”.
- when you do this A pop-up window opens where you can choose the time you want them to be silenced, (8 hours, 1 week, 1 year). You can even select whether or not to show popup notifications.
Unmute notifications
It is very common that after muting notifications you want to disable this option. This you can easily do, you just have to do this.
- you have three ways to unmute notifications.
- You can do it from the contact of the person or group by going to “Menu” > “Unmute notifications”.
- Another is to go to the chats locate the conversation and keep it pressed, then in the horn that appears at the top you must select it and that’s it. You can do this to activate and/or deactivate it.
- In this way you can choose several contacts or groups to remove it.
- Also looking for WhatsApp contact card and sliding the “Mute notifications” button.
Disable automatic download
In this way you can save some other megabytes of your mobile equipment, so that downloads only run on Wi-Fi or when you want them to, You just have to do it in the following way.
- go to “Menu” > “Settings” > “Data and storage”.
- In that tab in the section of “Auto download”, You just have to configure what you want to download with the data. In the same way there is an option that says “Connected to Wi-Fi”, place it in “All the files”, so that every time you have a wireless connection, whatever you have pending is downloaded.
Limit data consumption in calls
Did you know that when making a call via WhatsApp Messenger Can you make your data spend a little less? To configure it, read the following.
- you go to the “Menu” > “Settings” > “Data and storage”.
- In it you will see a section that says “Call settings”, there you must activate the button “Reduce data usage” and ready.
Disable automatic saving of files in the gallery
Sometimes we usually have many groups or several contacts that send hundreds of photos and videos that can collapse our gallery, since by default they are automatically saved without being seen or authorized. Luckily you can change this so you can choose what you want to archive and what not.
- go to “WhatsApp” > “Settings” > “Chats”. In it you must look for where it says “Show multimedia files in the gallery” and “Deactivate” the option. So you will not have everything in your gallery, but what you authorize.
How to adjust and configure backup copies in WhatsApp Messenger?
Sometimes your mobile phone may get out of control, its software outdated or damaged and you have to buy another one or delete everything you have on it. Since you did not know how to make backup copies, you lose the information and everything you have, including your WhatsApp chats, groups, files and more.
The solution to prevent this from happening to you is to store it in a cloud such as in iCloud, iTunes or Google Drive, let’s see how to do it!
in iCloud
This is one of the most common ways to back up iPhone Smartphones, since it is stored in the cloud. The only thing is that in the free version you can only save 5Gb, the rest is paid.
- You should be connected to Wi-Fi to save your mobile data.
- Search “Settings” > “iCloud” > “Backup” > “Back up now.”
- So you do it manually, but if you want you can set it to make the backup automatically. you just have to Sign in as you did before, but connect your mobile device to a computer and lock your device’s screen. You must make sure that you have enough space in your iCloud, otherwise this process will be in vain.
on itunes
Make sure you have the so you don’t have problems later with this app:
- The first thing you should do is connect your phone to the computer and go to the “iTunes”.
- When you link, you should be asked for your code, you will see a message that says “Trust this computer?” click on “To accept” to run synchronization.
- In the toolbar that is on the left side of iTunes you must enter your mobile in “Devices”, this should open your “Control Panel” of this.
- You will see a tab with a summary, look where it tells you “Backups”. There press on “Make copy now.”
- The backup should be started, please wait for it to complete as If you manage to withdraw it before, nothing will be backed up.
in Google Drive
With this you can save your conversations and multimedia files without any problem, like this when you switch devices to another android device you can have a backup and transfer them to it.
- Open the app WhatsApp.
- go to “Menu” > “Settings” > “Chats” > “Backup”.
- press “Save” for the backup to be created.
Points to consider:
- The process may take a few minutes, Just have some patience.
- You may select the frequency, that is, how often do you want to do it.
- You should have a linked account, if not, press “Add Account”.
- Do this with wireless network and not with mobile data, because it can increase your consumption and generate additional charges.
How to configure privacy settings in WhatsApp?
When downloading WhatsApp, as in any other app, there are some “conditions and permissions” that we have to accept. It often happens that many times we grant them without paying attention to what exactly we are granting concession. It also happens that after that we do not bother to configure the privacy options and this is extremely important when it comes to protecting ourselves. Luckily, in this social network it is possible to adapt the application to your liking and modify the settings. Next we will tell you how to do it.
Hide profile picture, last seen time and info
You can do this so that only your contacts can see your things or, failing that, choose that nobody see it. In each of these you can choose between “All”, “My contacts” or “No one”. To configure it you just have to enter “Settings” > “Account” >”Privacy”.
Disable blue double check
This option is enabled by default, but you can simply disable it. It should be noted that if you do, you have to take into account that your contacts will not be able to see if you saw the message or not, in addition to the fact that you will not be able to know it either. To do this go to “WhatsApp Privacy”.
Configure your states
The photos or writings that you upload in your WhatsApp, despite being things that are deleted in the next 24 hours, you can edit if you want them to see it “Your contacts”, “Your contacts except….”, either “only share with”. You can do this in two ways: from the “Privacy of your WhatsApp” or from the states. Before you go to choose what you are going to publish, you are going to “Settings” > “State privacy” and there you will see the options to configure them.
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