WhatsApp Guide



How to get set up with WhatsApp

WhatsApp has lots of features, but it's easy to set up. Here's how to get started

How to create your account in WhatsApp for Android


  • Launch WhatsApp from your Home screen or the app drawer. It's a green speech bubble with a white outline and a white telephone receiver inside. 
  • Tap Agree and continue
  • Type your cellular phone number in the dialog box.


  • Tap OK to confirm that it's okay for WhatsApp to verify your phone number. 
  • Tap SKIP. It's in the bottom left corner of the white pop-up box in the middle of your screen.
  • Tap Continue. It's the big button at the bottom center of your screen.



How to add someone who isn't already in your phone's contacts

  • Launch WhatsApp from your Home screen or the app drawer. It's a green speech bubble with a white outline and a white telephone receiver inside. 
  • Tap on the new contact button. It's a picture of a person's head and shoulders with a small plus above their left shoulder. Type the person's name in the name field Type in the person's phone number.
  • Tap the SAVE button. It is located on the top right of your screen.

This will add the person to the contacts list on your phone. WhatsApp will update your contact list in-app with the new contact — if they already have a WhatsApp account, then they will automatically appear as a WhatsApp contact.



How to use search in WhatsApp
How to search text chats with WhatsApp for Android

  • Launch WhatsApp from your Home screen or the app drawer. It's a green speech bubble with a white outline and a white telephone receiver inside. 
  • Tap on the search button. It looks like a magnifying glass and is the first button in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.
  • Type in whatever you want to search for in the search bar at the top of the screen. WhatsApp will search the names and text of your chats and then display the matches.





How to manage notifications in WhatsApp


How to set notification tones in WhatsApp for Android



  • Launch WhatsApp from your Home screen or the app drawer. It's a green speech bubble with a white outline and a white telephone receiver inside. 
  • Tap on the more options button. It's the three vertical dots in the upper right-hand corner of your screen.
  • Tap on Settings. It is the last choice in the pop-up menu.


  • Tap on Notifications. It's the second option from the bottom of the list on the settings screen.
  • Make sure the Conversation tones option is checked. It's the first choice on the Notifications screen
  • Tap Notification tone. A list of available tones will open.
  • Tap the tone of your choice:
  • Tap OK


How to change the vibration settings in WhatsApp for Android


  • Launch WhatsApp from your Home screen or the app drawer. It's a green speech bubble with a white outline and a white telephone receiver inside.
  •  Tap on the more options button. It's the three vertical dots in the upper right-hand corner of your screen.
  • Tap on Settings. It is the last choice in the pop-up menu.


  • Tap on Notifications. It's the second option from the bottom of the list on the settings screen.
  • Make sure the Conversation tones option is checked. It's the first choice on the Notifications screen.


  • Tap Vibrate.
  • Tap the option of your choice:
  • Off: This setting turns the vibrate function off. Default: The default setting for the app. Short: This setting makes the phone vibrate for a short time. Long: This setting makes the phone vibrate for a longer time.
  • WhatsApp will automatically save your selection.
  • Tap on the back button to exit the menu.



Security and Privacy settings in WhatsApp
  • This setting governs who can see your profile photo if you have one.
  • Launch WhatsApp from your Home screen or the app drawer. It's a green speech bubble with a white outline and a white telephone receiver inside. 
  • Tap on the more options button. It looks like three dots aligned vertically and is in the top right-hand corner of 'your screen.
  • Tap on settings. It is the last option in the pop-up menu list


  • Tap on the account. It is the third option in the list and has a picture of a key to the left of it.
  • Tap on privacy. It is the first option on your screen.


  • Tap on Profile photo. It's the second option under the "Who can see my personal information section of the privacy screen.
  • Tap the option of your choice:
  • Everyone: All WhatsApp users can see your profile photo. My contacts: Only people on your contacts list can see your profile photo.
  • Nobody: Other WhatsApp users can't see your profile photo.


How to change your status privacy settings in WhatsApp for Android
Follow the above Procedure For this Too

 How to change your phone number in WhatsApp for Android
Changing your phone number is sometimes the only way to get some sanity back in your life. WhatsApp has a simple process for linking your account to a new phone number.
  • Launch WhatsApp from your Home screen or the app drawer. It's a green speech bubble with a white outline and a white telephone receiver inside. 
  • Tap on the more options button. It's the three vertical dots in the upper right-hand corner of your screen.
  • Tap on Settings. It is the last choice in the pop-up menu.



  • Tap on Account. It's the third option from the top of the list and had an icon of a key to its left.
  • Tap on Change number. It's the third option up from the bottom of the list on the Account screen.
  • Tap on NEXT. It's in the upper right corner of your screen.


  • Enter your old phone number in the field provided.
  • Enter your new phone number in the field provided.
  • Tap DONE. It's in the upper right corner of your screen.


 How to back up and restore messages in WhatsApp

 How to backup your WhatsApp chats to Google Drive
  • Launch WhatsApp from your Home screen or from the app drawer.
  • Tap the menu icon on the top right of the screen. It's the three vertical dots.
  • Tap Settings.
  • Tap Chats and calls.
  • Tap Chat backup.
  • Tap Google Drive settings to choose the frequency with which you'd like to backup your chats.
  • Tap Account.
  • Tap the account you would like associated with the backup.
  • Tap an account in the list
  • Tap Add account to add an account not found on the list or to create a new one.
  • Tap Allow.

  • Tap Back up over.
  • Tap the circle next to "Wi-Fi" to backup over Wi-Fi only.
  • Tap the circle next to Wi-Fi or cellular to backup via Wi-Fi or wireless data, keeping in mind that you could accrue data charges.



  • Tap the box next to "Include videos" to backup video messages.
  • Tap Back Up to manually back your phone up now.

Now that everything's backed up, you'll be able to restore your chats every time you reinstall WhatsApp, no matter the device. Note that whenever you backup to Google Drive, WhatsApp also backs up to your phone's internal memory as well, which means it'll take up some space. If you have a preinstalled file managing app or one like ES File Explorer, you'll be able to go in and make room if you need to.
It may be prudent to plug your phone in when backing up, as the first backup could take a while, depending on the sizes of your chats. The nice thing is that every backup you perform after the first one will be incremental, which means it will add to the current backup, instead of erasing everything and starting again or adding an entire backup over the old one, taking

How to restore WhatsApp chats from a Google Drive backup


  • Everything's backed up. Great! You've changed phones or have had to reinstall WhatsApp. Not so great. Now how do you get all your chats back? Here's how!
  • Launch WhatsApp from your Home screen or from the app drawer.
  • Verify your phone number when prompted.
  • Tap Restore.
  • Tap Next when the restoration is complete

  • Set up your profile just like you did the first time.
  • Tap Next at the top right of the screen.
  • Tap Continue.


Now you can access your WhatsApp chats on any Android phone that has WhatsApp installed. All you have to do is sign in.

How to move your WhatsApp messages to a new phone using Google Drive

Of course, you're using WhatsApp to keep in touch with family and friends back home because hey, it's free. Suddenly, an orangutan swoops in, grabs your phone, and crushes it into dust between its able hands.

No worries! You've already followed the steps above and are properly backing up your WhatsApp chats to Google Drive, so all you have to do is grab a new phone and move all your chats over. Confused? Don't be! Here's how:

  • Add the same Google account to your new phone that you used to perform the backup on your old phone.
  • Install WhatsApp on your new device as you did on the previous one.
  • Launch WhatsApp from your Home screen or from the app drawer.
  • Tap Agree and continue.
  • Verify your phone number, just like you did the first time you set up WhatsApp



  • Tap Restore to restore your WhatsApp chats from your Google Drive backup.
  • Tap Next.

And away you go! Your WhatsApp on your new phone is just like it was on your old phone. Thanks, Google Drive!

 How to send messages in WhatsApp

 How to create a group chat in WhatsApp


  • Open WhatsApp and go to the Chats screen.
  • At the top of the Chats screen, tap the New Group button. ...
  • Add group participants by selecting or typing the name of the contact. ...
  • Add an icon for the group by tapping on the empty photo box. ...
  • Add a name for the group.
  • Tap Create when you are finished.

How to Star messages in WhatsApp


  • Tap and hold the message you wish to star.
  • Tap the Star icon that appears on top of the screen.

How to delete messages in WhatsApp


  • Open WhatsApp and go to the chat window with the message you want to delete.
  • Tap and hold on the message.
  • Optionally, tap Select More from the right pane and tap on more messages to select multiple messages.
  • Tap Delete at the bottom of the right pane.

How to check the status of your sent message in WhatsApp
  • Open a chat with a contact or a group.
  • Tap and hold on your sent message.
  • Tap Info

How to view all of your starred messages in WhatsApp
  • Open WhatsApp.
  • Tap the Menu Button.
  • Tap Starred messages
How to change the color of the LED light for notifications in WhatsApp for Android
  • Launch WhatsApp from your Home screen or the app drawer. It's a green speech bubble with a white outline and a white telephone receiver inside. 
  • Tap on the more options button. It's the three vertical dots in the upper right-hand corner of your screen.
  • Tap on Settings. It is the last choice in the pop-up menu.



  • Tap on Notifications. It's the second option from the bottom of the list on the settings screen.
  • Make sure the Conversation tones option is checked. It's the first choice on the Notifications screen

  • Tap Light.
  • Tap the color of your choice. WhatsApp will automatically save your selection.
  • Tap on the back button to exit the menu


  Share your location

  • Tap the Share button in a chat (bottom left) 
  • Then choose Share Location from the list. You can opt to use the map pin or enter an address using the top search bar.
  • Tap the attachment icon that looks like a paperclip in the bar at the top of each chat screen. 
  • Choose Location from the drop-down menu and again you can opt to send your position using GPS, choose from a list of places or search through the map.

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