How to Stop Contacts From Adding You to Whatsapp Groups

WhatsApp Groups: A popular feature of Facebook’s instant messaging app WhatsApp is WhatsApp Groups. Earlier, anyone who had your number saved could add you to the group, but users were worried about the other person being added to the group without your permission. After receiving feedback from WhatsApp users, WhatsApp has changed the group privacy settings to help its users to get rid of this problem. Now new group privacy settings are available for both WhatsApp for Android and WhatsApp for iPhone users. Today, through our article, we will give you information about how you can save yourself from the trouble of being added to the group without your permission.

WhatsApp Group Privacy Settings: How to Enable

Before giving you information about how you can enable these settings in your phone, make sure one thing that your phone should have the latest version of WhatsApp. The version should be 2.19.308 for Android and version 2.19.112 for iPhone. you for android google play store on and for iPhone app store page You can also update WhatsApp by going here. After updating the app, follow the steps mentioned below.

WhatsApp Groups on Android: How to Change Settings for Android Users

If you are an Android user and you also face the problem of being added to unwanted groups often, then now you do not need to worry, you can overcome this problem by just changing the settings mentioned below.

1) Open WhatsApp on your Android smartphone and then click on the three-dot icon on the top right hand corner.
2) After this go to Settings> Account> Privacy.

3) After this tap on the group and then select any one option from Everyone, My Contacts and My Contacts Except shown here.
4) If you select the Everyone option, then any WhatsApp user will be able to make you a part of the group.
5) “My Contacts”. In this, only the admin present in the user’s contact list will be able to make that user a part of the group.
6) If you select the option Except My Contacts, then only selected users will be able to add you to the WhatsApp group. Enabling this means that all group admins have to send an invitation to a user to be part of a WhatsApp group. However, the user will have to decide on this invitation within 72 hours.

WhatsApp Groups on iPhone: How to Change Settings for iPhone Users

If you are an iPhone user and you also struggle with the problem of being added to unwanted groups often, then don’t worry, you can fix this problem by just changing the settings mentioned below.

1) First of all open WhatsApp app on iPhone and then click on Settings option given in the bottom bar.
2) After this go to Account > Privacy > Groups.

3) After this, on the next screen, you will get three options, Everyone, My Contact and My Contacts Except.