Now, control who from your contacts can add you to WhatsApp group chat

New Delhi: WhatsApp on Wednesday announced a tweak in its privacy setting which will allow users to choose who from their contact list can add them to a group chat. This is an upgrade to the privacy setting announced in April.

“One of the pieces of feedback we’ve heard is that people want more control over who can add them to groups. This helps prevent people from getting unwanted messages including viral information that can spread through groups. Today, we are introducing a new setting and invite system that will further empower users to have more control over the group messages they receive,” the platform said in a blogpost.

Users can access privacy settings to select one of the three options— ‘Everyone’, ‘My Contacts,’ or ‘My Contacts Except’.