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Steps to hide WhatsApp chats without archive

Though Whatsapp does not offer any specific feature for hiding chats without an archive but you can do it by installing third-party apps and locking specific apps 

Go to the play store, for android an apple store iPhone Download and install ‘Locker for WhatsApp chat’ in android and ‘Secure chats for WhatsApp WA’ 

Once installed open the apps and it will ask to set the password for the chats you wish to hide

Once done now it will ask to add contacts you wish to hide or lock 

You can add as many as contacts you wish, and it’s done. Now no one can see your private chats without entering the password

Bottomline

That was all about how to hide WhatsApp chat without an archive. If you wish to unhide any private chat, you can remove the contact from the same place you added to hide it. If you are ok with the archive option then you can do that also. But in that case, there are chances that other people may unarchive your chats. That’s why the former is a better option.

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