5 Classic WhatsApp Tricks Everyone Should Know

Trucos básicos Whatsapp

WhatsApp is an instant messaging application that has many functions and over time it incorporates many more. For example, it now allows you to hide the profile picture for specific contacts.

However, in this article I have compiled the tricks or basic functions that you should know about this application to get the most out of it.

How to send a WhatsApp to someone without adding them to contacts

chatear sin guardar contacto whatsapp

A somewhat annoying feature that WhatsApp has is the fact that you have to add someone in order to start a conversation.

For example, if you find yourself contacting different sellers to find out the price of a product, what you would normally do is have to add each of the numbers to be able to send them a message on WhatsApp, when you probably only exchange a couple of messages with this person and never speak again.

What this generates is that your agenda is filled with “filler” contacts, so to speak. People with whom you don’t speak and that you don’t know , but that you have been accumulating in your contact list.

In addition, this is also a way in which you can communicate with someone, without exposing too much personal information, that is, the person with whom you are exchanging messages (depending on your privacy settings) will not be able to see your profile picture on WhatsApp if you don’t add it.

What I would recommend you do in this case is create a group with yourself so that you can send yourself the WhatsApp numbers of the person you want to communicate with without having to add the number.

Once you have sent the number to the group that you have with yourself, it will appear in blue, what you must do is press it and if this number has WhatsApp, the option to send a message through this application will appear .

Although there are also some applications on the market with which you can send messages to other people without having their number saved in your phone book, which automate these previous processes.

WhatsDirect – Chat w/o Contact

WhatsDirect App

This application is available in the Play Store. The first thing you should do is install the app on your mobile and once this is done, you can follow these steps:

  • Launch the app on your device.
  • Select the country code .
  • Type the phone number you want to send the message to.
  • Type your message and hit the Send button.
  • Then the messaging app will open with the chat created with that phone number and the message you have written.
  • Finally, all you have to do is press Send from WhatsApp.

WhatsDirecto – Chat without saving the number

Once the app is installed on your phone, these are the steps to follow to send WhatsApp messages to a number without having to add it to contacts:

  • Open the app on your mobile.
  • Choose the country code.
  • Type the phone number you want to send the message to.
  • Tap the Message on WhatsApp button.
  • Automatically, the chat in the messaging app will open with that phone number without having to add it to your address book.

How to create a chat from Saved Messages in WhatsApp

Crear chat de mensajes guardados en WhatsApp

WhatsApp, unlike Telegram, does not have a chat solely intended to save messages or information that is of interest to us. And the truth is that it turns out to be quite useful, since you can save not only messages, but also photos, videos, links, basically anything that you can send in the chat, and how can you have a chat like this in WhatsApp? It is very simple.

  • Launch the WhatsApp app and go to the Chats tab.
  • Select the three points that are in the upper right corner and press the option that says New group.
  • Then a list will appear with all your WhatsApp contacts. You can select a trusted friend to make the group. One person is enough.
  • Once you have selected the person you want to add, press the green button in the lower right corner.
  • Now you will see the option to give the group a name. Put the one you want. It can be “Saved Messages”.
  • Once the name is placed, press the green button in the lower right corner to create the group.
  • Go to the section of participants in the group and delete the person you have added.

And voila, this is how you can create a chat from saved messages. Something you can also do is pin this chat so that it is always positioned at the top of your conversations and you can easily access it.

How to prevent someone from adding you to groups without your consent on WhatsApp

Evita que te añadan a grupos de WhatsApp

This is another pretty useful feature if you have contacts who are constantly adding you to groups you didn’t ask to be in.

In this way, you will also be preventing people you do not know from having access to your phone number. All you have to do is the following:

  • Launch WhatsApp and go to Settings.
  • Select Account and then Privacy.
  • Then, you must access the Groups section.
  • Select the option My contacts, except… and mark all the contacts by clicking on the upper right icon. Thus, all the contacts in your address book will not be able to add you to a group and, if they wanted to do so, they would have to send you an invitation first.

You must take into account that every time you add someone new to your WhatsApp contacts you will have to configure this option again, otherwise, each new contact you have will be able to add you to a WhatsApp group whenever they want.

How to activate the unique display of images in WhatsApp

Activar visualizacion unica en WhatsApp

WhatsApp has added this feature where it allows users to send photos or videos in a way that the person you are sending it to cannot keep a record of it. And how it works?

Through this functionality you can decide that the photo or video can only be played once. That is, your contact will only have one opportunity to open the image or video and then it will disappear, so there will be no registration.

To activate it, when sending a photo or video, on the right side of the writing bar, the number one enclosed in a circle will appear, select it to activate the single display option.

How to schedule WhatsApp messages

Programar mensajes WhatsApp

Another thing you can do on WhatsApp that you probably didn’t know is to schedule messages to be sent automatically at a specific time and date.

The truth is that this is a function that WhatsApp does not have integrated natively, however, you can use a complete application to schedule messages.

This application is called Wasavi and the truth is that it offers many useful functions to make the most of WhatsApp, and one of those functions is to schedule messages.

  • After you have installed the app and granted all permissions, select the blue button in the bottom right corner to display the menu.
  • Now select the Schedule message option.
  • Then, at the top you can add the contact or contacts you want to send a scheduled message to.
  • In the row called Calendar, you will put the date and time you want the message to be sent.
  • Now write your message at the bottom and press send.
  • In case you want to view all your scheduled messages, you just have to press the three lines that are in the upper left and select Calendar.

And if you want to continue discovering tricks to get the most out of WhatsApp , we explain how to mute someone in a WhatsApp group call.