In a new privacy-centric update released in August 2022, WhatsApp has added the ability for users to adjust the visibility of their “Last Seen” status on a contact-by-contact basis. Keep reading to learn how it’s done.
As regular WhatsApp users will know, the “Last Seen” status of a contact you’re in conversation with sits atop the conversation thread, informing you when that contact last opened and was active on the app.
Previously, WhatsApp let you disable your Last Seen status so that other contacts couldn’t see when you were last online, but the setting’s options were limited to “Everyone,” “My Contacts,” and “Nobody,” and there was no way to make exceptions for individual contacts.
The good news however is that WhatsApp is switching things up by adding the option “My Contacts Except…” which lets you select specific contacts so that they don’t see when the last time was that you were active on the messaging network.
Here’s how to make the change to your privacy settings in the WhatsApp app for mobile…
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