Now You Can Delete/Hide Contacts from Frequently Contacted on WhatsApp

Are you one of those who would like to hide specific contacts/groups on WhatsApp? Then here is a trick that will help you do so.

| Updated: Tuesday, April 27, 2021, 11:08 [IST]

WhatsApp has undoubtedly revolutionized the way we communicate. It has taken instant, digital messaging to a new level. Thanks to frequent updates, WhatsApp has climbed to the top of the most-used messaging smartphone application.

Now You Can Delete/Hide Contacts from Frequently Contacted on WhatsApp

WhatsApp recently launched a new feature known as a Frequently Contacted section, which comes with support for forwarding WhatsApp messages to multiple chats simultaneously. The Frequently Contacted section has been very useful in saving time while forwarding messages. But, there is more if you are one who would like to hide specific contacts/groups from the screen.

For the unversed, WhatsApp has a setting that allows you to hide or delete contacts from Frequently Contacted on WhatsApp. This post will share information about how to hide or delete contacts from Frequently Contacted on WhatsApp for Android and iOS.

What is Frequently Contacted Section?

In the Frequently Contacted section the top 5 contacts/groups with the highest number of messages appear when forwarding WhatsApp messages. Alternatively, Recent Chats section shows the most recent contacts/groups with whom you had a conversation.

You should remember that the method given below will only hide contacts from Frequently Contacted section. For Recent Chats section, the contacts will be moved down the list but not deleted or hidden.

Now, in order to delete or hide specific contacts from the screen, you will have to delete the chat of those specific contacts. Follow the steps below to delete a chat on WhatsApp.

For iOS

You can hide specific contact by:
1. Launch WhatsApp and swipe left on the name of the contact whom you want to hide. Select More.
2. After that select Delete Chat from the list of options. This should do the trick.

For Android

It also involves the same steps for hiding the contact and group on Android. All you need to do is Clear Chat and bingo the conversation will be hidden.

1. Open the WhatsApp app and search for the contact you wish to hide. Then swipe left on the name and tap on the "Select More" option.
2. Once done, select "Delete Chat" option from the pop up menu. This should do the trick.

Deleting Particular Group from Frequently Contacted Screen

There there is no Delete Chat option for a group, so to hide a group you will have to use the Clear Chat option. You can also use it to hide a contact as well. There are a few more steps involved in this case and are given below.

1. After selecting Clear Chat for the desired conversation of group/contact select the Settings tab at the bottom right.
2. Then under Settings, you need to select Account.
3. In that select Storage Usage.
4. Finally, tap on reload/refresh circular icon at the top right corner.

It will refresh all the chats and reduce the messages for the chat you just cleared. With this, the group or contact will be hidden from the Frequently Contacted section.

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