If you live in India, you might be a part of one of those WhatsApp group chats that you can’t just up and leave due to peer pressure. If you make a mistake by not muting one of such groups, you will be bombarded with an endless stream of forwarded messages, or worse, a low-res GIF with a flower that says ‘Good morning’ every day. To rescue us from all these unnecessary distractions, WhatsApp has long offered a mute option but the latest update makes a much-needed change to this feature.
You can now mute a chat forever 🤫 pic.twitter.com/DlH7jAt6P8
To mute chats forever, all you have to do is long-press on the conversation and press the mute button present in the top-right corner. In the pop-up menu that appears, you need to pick ‘Always’ and tap the OK button. You can choose to see notifications by checking the ‘Show notifications’ option or stay aloof of whatever’s happening in a group conversation you mute.
