WhatsApp is the most used messaging app in much of the world. It has even become the most widely used communication method between people through mobile phones, even above calls. However, if there is something that sometimes drives us crazy and makes us want to delete the application from our phone, those are some of the WhatsApp groups. Groups that were initially created to inform a group of people at a time and that end up being a place for comments of all kinds, sharing all kinds of photos, videos and memes, etc. In short, a real chaos that makes us end up silencing the group if we can’t get out. To avoid this, we are going to show how to restrict the people who can send messages in a WhatsApp group.
If we need to create a new group to communicate something to our family or friends but we do not want the group to become a real chicken coop, it is best to configure it in such a way that only those people who need it can write messages, only. The rest can be aware of all the information that is sent to the group but they will not be able to send messages in the chat. It is what is known as WhatsApp restricted groups.
What are restricted WhatsApp groups
By default, when we create a WhatsApp group all members can participate without any problem, however, the messaging app allows us to assign administrators to that group. These people will be the ones who can perform certain actions such as adding new participants, but the app itself allows us to configure a group so that the administrators are the only ones who can send messages in that chat.
Therefore, a restricted group is one in which, as its name suggests, messages are restricted by certain components. Specifically, only the group administrators will be able to send messages and information to the group for the rest to see, but they will not be able to write anything in the group.
As we will show below, creating a restricted WhatsApp group does not require us to install any third-party application or anything similar, the only thing we will have to do is create a group chat as we are used to and then configure it to restrict the sending of messages.
Restrict sending of messages in a group to certain people
Therefore, to create a restricted WhatsApp group what we are going to do is create a new group as we normally do and later, we will choose which members will be able to send messages in it to establish that restriction. The steps to follow for this are:
- We open the messaging app on our mobile.
- We touch the menu button .
- We select the option New group.
- We add all the participants from our contact list.
- We write the name of the group.
- We touch on the upper part where the name of the group is displayed to access the information.
- We scroll down to the list of participants.
- We are looking for those people to whom we want to make group administrators and who will later be the ones who can send messages.
- We touch on the contact and select the option Make admin. of the group .
- Next, within the group information, we look for the Group Settings option and touch on it.
- Now we enter the Send Messages option .
- We select Only administrators in the window that opens.
- Click Ok to save the changes.
From that moment on, only the group’s administrator users will be able to send messages to the chat. The rest of the members will see a message at the bottom of the screen within the group indicating that only the group administrators are the ones who can send messages. The rest will be able to see all the information that is sent to the group without the possibility of sending anything. In case of any doubt, they will already have to contact directly and personally with one of the administrators. In this way, messages with photos, memes, videos and that do not contribute anything to the group are avoided.
