WhatsApp has been the de facto messaging app in countries around the world for years. But recently, some news about the company extremely obscure changes in privacy policy led many to consider moving to another service. After all, there are countless options out there, most of them not belonging to Facebook.
You can easily abandon WhatsApp and save your old messages if you decide that is enough.
Before deleting your account, you want to export your chats. Fortunately, this is simple. Just touch the name of the topic you want to save, located at the top, and scroll down until Export chat. You can also choose whether to save all photos and videos included in the topic.
Now it’s time to request all your account details. Touch Definitions in the bottom right corner of the app. So touch Account and Request account information. WhatsApp says it takes about three days to receive your report, but the company notifies you when it’s ready.
Take a deep breath and get ready to delete your account before you delete the application from your phone. Under Definitions and Account, Touch Delete my account. Deleting your account will delete your messages, remove you from group chats, and delete your backup. It’s really very simple.
As you can see, leaving WhatsApp is really easy. The hard part will be convincing your friends, family and colleagues to leave the Facebook messaging app as well. Good luck!
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