Instant-messaging app WhatsApp is a great way to connect with your friends, family, and loved ones. You often create groups on WhatsApp to connect with your close ones in one place. You can share forwarded messages, chat simultaneously with 4-5 people, and can interact with them at any time. But sometimes unknown people or company spam add you to unwanted groups to send promotional messages. The feature is often exploited by companies to add tons of people to groups so that they can sell their products and services. One of the irritating things about these unwanted groups is that they are created without permission.
In this article, we will explain how you can stop companies to add you on these unwanted groups:
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Here’s how to stop getting added in unknown groups:
STEP1: At first, open your WhatsApp account and click on the three dots on the right side of the screen.
STEP2: Now click on the settings menu and tap on the Account option
STEP3: The step 3 involves clicking on the Privacy option. The option will take you to the Groups feature.
STEP4: Now default setting of Groups is likely to be set on ‘Everyone’
STEP5: You can change this setting either to ‘Everyone’, ‘My Contacts’, and ‘My Contacts Except’
STEP6: It is important to keep in mind that if you select Everyone option then it will give permission to anyone with your phone number to add you in a group without your permission.
STEP7: The My Contact option will only allow contacts in your WhatsApp to add you in the group
STEP8: However, the last option My Contacts Except option will lets you choose who exactly can add you in the group except people or contacts you don’t want to be added by to a group.
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