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How to Add Multiple Accounts to WhatsApp

You're no longer limited to only one account on the WhatsApp app.

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How to View a WhatsApp Status Without Anyone Knowing

Secretly view WhatsApp statuses without the sender seeing your profile icon on their update.

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How to Hide Your Location During Calls on WhatsApp

You can now hide your IP address during WhatsApp calls.

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This Outdated Technology Is Putting Your Security at Risk, Yet You Use It Every Day

SS7 is built into your daily life, but are there safe alternatives?

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What You Should Know About View-Once Media on WhatsApp

WhatsApp's self-destructing view-once media feature is useful, but you should use it with caution.

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How to Back Up WhatsApp Chats on an iPhone (With or Without iCloud)

Here's how you can back up your WhatsApp chats, with or without using iCloud.

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What Does It Mean When WhatsApp Has One Checkmark?

When you see only one checkmark or tick on a WhatsApp message, what does it mean?

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A Guide to WhatsApp Video Calling: Everything You Need to Know

WhatsApp video calling enables user-to-user video chat. Here's everything you need to know about communicating over live video using the app.

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How to Save and Find Audio Files From WhatsApp

Do you want to save voice notes and other audio from your WhatsApp chats? Here's how you can do that.

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WhatsApp Taking Up Too Much Phone Storage? How to Free Up Space

WhatsApp can take up way too much space if you don't tweak your settings.

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How to Download and Send New Stickers on WhatsApp

If you want to add more fun to your WhatsApp chats, you can download and send stickers.

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How to Make WhatsApp Voice Notes Self-Destruct After One Listen

Here's how you can get voice notes on WhatsApp to self-destruct using the "view once" feature.

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How to Set Up Passkeys on Your WhatsApp Account

WhatsApp is embracing the passwordless future with passkeys on Android

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WhatsApp Not Showing Contact Names? How to Fix It

If WhatsApp is only showing phone numbers and not contact names, here are some fixes you can try.

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WhatsApp Not Backing Up to iCloud? Here's How to Fix It

If you can't back up your WhatsApp chats to iCloud, try out these fixes.

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How to Create AI-Generated Stickers on WhatsApp

WhatsApp lets you create and send AI-generated stickers easily.

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Still Using SMS? You Should Stop: Here's Why

A lot of users still default to SMS on their smartphones. But that's bad news for your security and privacy. Here's why and what you can do.

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How to Recover Deleted Photos From WhatsApp

Learn how to recover deleted photos from WhatsApp using several methods for various situations.

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Can You Post a WhatsApp Status From Your PC? Alternatives Explained

You can use third-party tools to post a WhatsApp status from your computer.

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Unable to Scan the QR Code on WhatsApp Web? Try These Fixes

Follow these troubleshooting measures if your phone cannot scan the QR code shown on WhatsApp Web.

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