- Open the chat or group chat > Tap on the profile name > Chat Lock > Lock Chat.
- To find your locked chats, tap the Locked Chats option in WhatsApp.
Things to Remember
Before proceeding with the steps, we want to highlight some important aspects. To lock your WhatsApp chats on your iPhone, you need to ensure the following
- You are using the latest version of WhatsApp on your iPhone. You don’t need to sign up for the WhatsApp Beta program to use this feature.
- You need to enable Face ID or Passcode on your iPhone to lock a personal chat in WhatsApp. If you can’t follow the steps below because you don’t see the feature, ensure that you have enabled Face ID for WhatsApp .
How to Lock Individual Chat in WhatsApp on iPhone
Let us start with the steps to show you how to lock Individual chats in WhatsApp. If there’s an individual conversation that you want to remain private, you can use this feature in WhatsApp on your iPhone. Here’s how to use it.
Open WhatsApp > Tap the contact name > Tap on Lock Chat > Authenticate using Face ID or Passcode .
Just so you know, WhatsApp won’t lock the chat on your Linked Devices.
How to Lock WhatsApp Group Chats on iPhone
Like individual chats, you can also enable Group Chat Lock in WhatsApp on your iPhone. This is also applicable if you create a WhatsApp Group with yourself . Here’s how to enable it.
Open WhatsApp > Tap the group name > Tap on Lock Chat > Authenticate using Face ID or Passcode .
However, if you cannot use this feature, you can refer to our post that suggests the best fixes for Picture-in-Picture not working in WhatsApp on iPhone .
