One of the most annoying situations for those who use WhatsApp is certainly that of being placed in groups without having previously provided any consent. When this happens, the user is unwittingly involved in unwanted conversations, with their cell phone flooded with notifications from people they may not want to have anything to do with.
However, fortunately, there is a way to put an end to this nightmare: the famous instant messaging app by Meta, in fact, has introduced a specific function that allows you to prevent automatic inclusion in groups, thus providing users with a tool useful for protecting your own privacy. Thanks to this simple procedure you can choose who to authorize to insert your profile in a community, thus limiting the risk of ending up inundated with unwanted notifications.
To activate this function, simply open the “Settings” of WhatsApp and then follow the path “Account” – “Privacy” and “Groups”. Within this last section you can possibly decide how many and which profiles to give our consent to be included in one of the numerous online communities, i.e. “All”, “My contacts”, “My contacts except… ” and “None.” By making the first choice available in the menu we will grant anyone the authorization to include us in a Group, while with the second option the consent will be given to all the people saved in our Address Book. To further narrow the field, however, it is better to favor the third option, thanks to which the user can decide a priori who to exclude, or the fourth to bar the door to anyone.
This simple and important feature allows for less chaotic management of the app, freeing it from useless content and unwanted notifications. Speaking of notifications, moreover, WhatsApp also allows the user to personalize their reception, giving space only to those deemed most important or appreciated. Another option that can prove invaluable if you want to avoid overloading the application is that relating to invitation restrictions.
When a contact who does not meet the fundamental requirement of our consent tries to add us to a group, they will receive a warning and will only be able to forward a private invitation to the recipient: at this point the latter will decide whether to give the green light to join the conversation or not.