WhatsApp groups are a great help to gather users who are related to a particular interest and thus communicate effectively with each other. For example, the group of parents and representatives of a school or a group of work colleagues. The question is knowing how to manage them, therefore, it is worth knowing our WhatsApp group guide.
We are going to explain from the most basic: how to create a group. But, if you have already created it, then you can "browse" through our sections with other tips so that you learn how to get the most out of these groups.
creating a group
The first step is create a group the right wayFirst of all, think carefully and plan who will be the users that will belong to the group and make sure that they are registered in your WhatsApp. The steps to create a new group are:
- Select the three dots that are in the upper right corner.
- A menu with options will appear, choose “New group".
- A list of contacts that you have registered in WhatsApp will automatically appear, select the ones that should be in the group.
- Type the name of the group, add an image and click the "check" green to finish.
Add contacts and generate invite link
After the creation of the group, you can add more contacts. To make them, you just have to follow this procedure:
- Join the group.
- Click on the group name.
- A section with details of the group will open, at the top is the option «Add members», is the icon of a user with a plus symbol.
- Choose the contacts to add and click on the "check" green when finished.
You may realize that you must first save a contact in your WhatsApp to be able to add it to a group. In case you do not have added a new member in your contacts, you can use an invitation link, so you can add more people without having them registered on the mobile. To create the invite link do the following:
- Enter the group and click on the name of the group.
- Navigate down in the options that the application shows you and select “Invitation link".
- A link will automatically be generated, you will share this with the users you want to join the group.
adding a description
To make the group look more formal or interesting, It is important that you add a description. It is a small text in which you indicate the objective of the group. To add a description you just have to do the following:
- Join the group.
- Click on the group image.
- Select the option “add description".
The description is very important to better identify your group, you can even indicate what the rules are, so everyone will be aware of the rules.
Adding administrators and limiting users to send messages
You can also add other administrators, they will take care ofmanage the group if you don't have time. To do so you just have to use the following procedure:
- Go to the section “Group Settings".
- Select the option of "Designate Admin of the group".
- All the members of the group will appear, you just have to select the ones you want to be new administrators. Finally, click on the green check when you are done.
Also from the "Group Settings" section you can select the users who can modify group information. Just choose the option "Edit info. group” and select “Only administrators”. Also from the "Send messages" option you can choose if you want only group administrators to be able to send messages.
Ban a particular user from writing to the group
One of the doubts of many group administrators of this app is how can they silence a single person. Actually, there is no default option to do it, but there is a little "trick" that we are going to explain to you. The thing is that you make all users administrators and configure the option that only administrators send messages. To silence just one, You remove your administrator status and that's it, you won't be able to to write.
Note that this method is not very recomendado, since you will make all users administrators and everyone will be able to make changes to your group, so be careful.
Know who read a message
If you chat on WhatsApp, you may know if they have read your message thanks to the doublecheck blue. In the groups you can know who has read the message, is a very useful option, since this way you will be able to know if the information you sent has reached everyone.
To find out who read the message of a WhatsApp group, you just have to press and hold the message and an "i" shaped button will appear. Click on this new option and the group contacts who have already read the information will appear. keep in cNote that when the message is with doublecheck blue is that everyone has already read it.
Disable automatic media saving
when we are in a WhatsApp group we receive all kinds of information. Many times, these groups are "flooded" with images, sounds or videos. If we have the option to automatically download these files, our mobile will be "filled" with all kinds of things that take up space and that can impair the performance of our device.
Enter the group in question and in "Settings" select the option "Visibility of multimedia files", deactivate it. So, just know media files will be downloaded to your device that you choose to download. This is a great option we recommend enable everyone, especially users who are in multiple groups at the same time.
Delete a WhatsApp group
To delete a group you have to go through a somewhat lengthy process. You must start andeliminating each of the members of the group. When you are the only person in the group, jump back and you will now have the option to delete the group. Remember to tell everyone that you are going to delete the group before doing so so that no one is going to feel offended. If you want to know another WhatsApp "trick", we invite you to read our post so that learn how not to appear online.
A group that works to save messages
There is a good "trick" for you to have your own message chat in WhatsApp, in this chat you can save all the messages you want, as reminder notes. To do it, you just have to create a group and be the only member, like this you can use this app to save relevant information and take it everywhere. Also, remember that you can use WhatsApp Web, so it's a good way to send files from your mobile to your computer without using cables.
Don't let them add you to other groups
One of the typical instant text messaging problems is that many times users are added groups without their consent. But, WhatsApp has an option so that you are not automatically added to a group, unless you allow it. It's easy, you just have to go to "Account", select "privacy", choose the option called "Groups", you can select who can add you to groups, "All", "Contacts", "My contacts, except".