How to enable WhatsApp enhanced chat privacy?

WhatsApp messages, whether group messages or chats, can export chat content or download photos and videos. That's why WhatsApp has introduced Advanced Chat Privacy, a feature built on end-to-end encryption that helps control how messages are shared and used by others. Here's how to enable WhatsApp Advanced Privacy.

How to enable WhatsApp enhanced chat privacy

Step 1:

You access the WhatsApp message you want to enable advanced permissions and then click on the person's name above . Go to the next interface, you click on Advanced Privacy in the chat .

Step 2:

Now you will see a notification about the privacy of WhatsApp chats , tap Got it to turn it off.

Step 3:

Now you will just need to enable Enhanced Privacy in the chat to increase the security of your messages, with security features like blocking WhatsApp chat export .

How to enable enhanced privacy for WhatsApp group chats

For WhatsApp group chats, this feature also applies to group admins. This setting applies to all members of the group. Anyone can update this setting, however, admins can limit this setting to admins only.

We also click on the WhatsApp group name above. Then you also click on Enhanced Privacy in the chat and activate it.

Samuel Daniel

Update 22 November 2025