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WhatsApp Tips- Do you want to hide your WhatsApp chat, then follow this method
Samira Vishwas | January 16, 2026 1:24 PM CST

Friends, in today’s modern era, WhatsApp is the most favorite app for instant messaging, through which you can transfer videos, images, even money, it has more than 3 billion users all over the world, for these users the company brings new features, one of these great features allows you to hide your personal or important chats so that they do not come in anyone’s sight, let us know how to use it.

How to hide WhatsApp chats

Step 1: Select chat

Open WhatsApp.

Long press on the chat you want to hide without opening it.

Step 2: Lock chat

After long press, tap the three dots (⋮) at the top.

Select the “Lock Chat” option.

Step 3: Access the locked chats folder

Once a chat is locked, a new folder named “Locked Chats” will appear at the top of your chat list.

All locked chats are stored inside this folder.

Step 4: Hide locked chats folder

Open the locked chats folder.

Tap the three dots (⋮) on the right.

Go to Settings and select “Hide Locked Chats”.

Step 5: Set a secret code

After hiding a folder, it will completely disappear from your chat list.

To access it again, you must enter a secret code.

Make sure you remember this code, as hidden folders cannot be accessed without it.


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