How to turn off link preview in WhatsApp

To improve privacy when texting on WhatsApp, in addition to the feature of locking WhatsApp chats, the content of the message will also be more private with the feature of turning off link preview in WhatsApp. When you enable the link preview disable feature in WhatsApp, preview content will not be displayed for the links you are sharing in the conversation. Below are instructions to turn off link preview in WhatsApp.

Instructions for turning off link preview in WhatsApp

Step 1:

At the interface in WhatsApp, click on the 3-dot icon in the top right corner of the messaging interface and then select Settings. Switching to the new interface, users click on Privacy .

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Step 2:

Switch to the privacy settings interface for the WhatsApp application. Here, users scroll down below and click on Advanced to expand more advanced settings. Now we will see the Disable link previews option to activate .

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Step 3:

Return to the messaging interface on WhatsApp then paste the link you want to share. As a result, you will see that the link's viewing content is no longer displayed like before.

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Currently, the feature to turn off link preview in WhatsApp only applies to WhatsApp Beta version 2.24.8.11 for Android and version 24.7.10.76 for iOS.

Isabella Humphrey

Update 13 April 2024