If you have heard about the info and although you are a user of this messaging application you have no idea what it means, you may have wondered what is Info on WhatsApp? Attentive to the answer because it has to do with your privacy.
WhatsApp is the most downloaded messaging application worldwide. Launched in 2009, it currently has more than two billion active users each month. Its ease of use and the possibility of sending audios, images or videos to our contacts are its main attraction.
The use of WhatsApp also implies that we show personal items on a regular basis once we start the application. In addition to the profile photo, there is also the “Info” section on the platform.
But what is Info on WhatsApp? Info is a section that, as its name suggests, provides brief information about the user and their status. This gives the contacts clues as to whether the owner of that account is available or on other matters and cannot reply to messages.
The “Info” section thus intends to show your availability regarding the use you could make of WhatsApp at a certain time. Thus by default there are preset info statuses such as: available, busy, At school, at the cinema, I am sleeping, etc.
Since WhatsApp allows you to edit the status and put it personalized, you can either choose one of the pre-established ones or users can put a famous quote or any personal text they want and it is not so related to availability.
In any case, whether you have a pre-established status or personal information, a private aspect can be displayed, so the info can be edited and also from it you can configure who is shown.
HOW TO STOP SHOWING INFO ON WHATSAPP
Now that you know what Info on WhatsApp is, you may want to know how to stop showing this Info on the platform.
To stop showing the Info section in WhatsApp, you just have to open the application and click on the “Settings” icon . Then click on “Account” and “Privacy” . Click where it says “Info”.
There you can choose who you show the info to. If you choose the first option, “Everyone”, your info will be shown to everyone who has access to your phone number, whether you know it or not. If you choose the option “My contacts”, your info will be shown only to the contacts that you have added in your WhatsApp application. Finally, if you choose “Nobody”, the information section will not appear to anyone, only you will see it under your profile image.
WHAT PRIVACY OPTIONS DO I HAVE ON WHATSAPP
We have already told you what Info is on WhatsApp and how you can choose who you show it to. You should also know that WhatsApp also gives you other privacy options to further configure and protect your privacy. Among these options are: the last time, the profile photo, Groups or States.
In the privacy section of your WhatsApp account you can choose who sees the last time you connected . As in the case of the info, you can choose to be seen by everyone, only your contacts or no one. The same is the case with your profile picture.
In the case of groups, what you can configure is who adds you to them . In this case, you can have any other WhatsApp user add you, that only your contacts do, or add exceptions to people who you don’t want to be added to groups to these contacts.
The states that you put in the application and that have a duration of 24 hours, you can also modify them so that one or other people can see them. You can choose all your contacts, contacts with some exceptions or personally choose the people you want to show your status to.
