One of the greatest features of WhatsApp application is the chat archive feature. You might wonder what the use of this feature is and how you can use it. Archiving chats does not make any changes for the other side of the conversation. In fact, it is just a way to organize your chats or hide a particular thread from your list of conversations. Here is a full tutorial on how you can archive WhatsApp chats, unarchive a chat and how you can find an archived chat.
Archive WhatsApp chats on Android
The archiving feature on WhatsApp allows you to hide a conversation thread from the list of your chats and be able to view it later whenever you want. The difference between deleting and archiving a chat is that deleting will permanently remove the conversation from your list, while archiving just hide the thread temporarily. Here is how you can benefit from this feature on an Android phone.
Archiving chats
- Launch WhatsApp application on your phone
- Tap and hold on the conversation that you want to add to archive
- Tap the “Archive“ button from the top menu
Following these steps will allow you to hide that particular conversation from your list chats.
Unarchiving chats
- Launch WhatsApp application
- Scroll all the way down in the list of your conversations
- Tap and open “Archived Chats“.
- Long press on the conversation that you want to unarchive.
- Select the “Unarchive” button from the top menu
View archived chats
- Scroll all the way down in the chats menu to the end of your conversations
- You should now see the Archived Chats button (If you don’t see it, you haven’t archived any conversations).
- Open the Archive Chats and view the thread you’d want.
Archive all chats
- Open the Settings menu on your WhatsApp
- Go to the Chats menu and open Chat History
- Select Archive All Chats
Archive WhatsApp chats on iPhone
Much like Android, you can archive WhatsApp chats on iPhone as well. Here is what you need to do.
Archiving chats
- Launch WhatsApp application on your iPhone
- Find the chat you want to archive and swipe on it from right to left
- Tap the “Archive” option
You can also archive all chats on iPhone. The steps to do so is the same as Android.
Unarchivng chats
Archived messages reappear in the list of chat conversations when a new message is received on that thread. You can also search for a particular message or contact name to find that particular archived conversation. Once found, swipe to left on that thread and select the Unarchive button.
View archived chats
- Launch WhatsApp application on your iPhone
- Tap the Chats menu from the bottom of the screen
- Swipe down and you will see your archived chats in blue letters on top of the screen
Archive WhatsApp chats on WhatsApp Web
- Open WhatsApp Web on your computer (You will need to scan the QR code to sync your phone with your computer).
- Find the chat conversation that you want to archive from the list of your chats on the left
- Tap on the options icon which looks like a downward arrow
- Click on the Archive chat option
