Guide For WhatsApp On iPhone

WhatsApp uses iCloud to backup your chats to the cloud. Your chat logs and account data are secure in case you ever ever lose your phone and need to pick back up where you left off.

4. Tap on Chat backup.

1. Tap Auto Backup.
2. Tap the backup frequency you'd prefer. Your options are Daily, Weekly and Monthly.
3. Tap Chat Backup to go back to the last Settings menu.

WhatsApp uses iCloud to backup your chats to the cloud. Your chat logs and account data are secure in case you ever ever lose your phone and need to pick back up where you left off.

First off, you'll want to confirm that you've got iCloud turned on and set up to back up WhatsApp data.

4. Tap on iCloud Drive button.

5. Tap the turn iCloud drive on if it is off.

Sending messages is great, but only if the people you're sent them to actually bother to read them. Maybe you want to save some special messages for later or delete some nasty ones. WhatsApp has some useful ways of getting these jobs done!

If you've sent some incriminating messages you need to delete — not necessarily malicious, say you're planning a secret birthday party — or received some nasty messages that you'd prefer to never see again, then you'll need to know how to delete messages.

3. Tap and hold the message you'd like to delete.

• Tap the checkbox next to any other message you want to delete.
• Tap Delete All in the top-left corner to clear all messages.

5. Tap the delete button in the bottom-left corner to delete the selected messages. The icon resembles a garbage can.

Sending messages is great, but only if the people you're sent them to actually bother to read them. Maybe you want to save some special messages for later or delete some nasty ones. WhatsApp has some useful ways of getting these jobs done!

So you've starred a bunch of messages in WhatsApp, but can you view them all in one handy place? As a matter of fact, you can. Here's how.

3. Tap a Starred Message open that conversation, scrolled to the point in time where that message was sent.

Sending messages is great, but only if the people you're sent them to actually bother to read them. Maybe you want to save some special messages for later or delete some nasty ones. WhatsApp has some useful ways of getting these jobs done!

If you've ever received a particularly important message in WhatsApp or better yet, an absolutely hilarious joke that you want to quickly find later, you can quickly star the message, which saves it in a special folder in the Apps settings.

3. Tap and hold the message you want starred.

Sending messages is great, but only if the people you're sent them to actually bother to read them. Maybe you want to save some special messages for later or delete some nasty ones. WhatsApp has some useful ways of getting these jobs done!

Like any messenger app worth using, WhatsApp includes delivered and read receipts so you know exactly when your friend receives your message and if they've read them, so you know when someone is giving you the cold shoulder.

3. Look for check marks on the right of your sent messages. Your sent messages appear on the right side of the screen.

• One grey check mark means your message has been sent.
• Two grey check marks mean your message has been delivered.
• The checkmarks turn blue when your message has been read

One of the key features for WhatsApp is the ability to make and receive calls over Wi-FI without burning through precious call-time minutes on your cell phone plan. To make a call through WhatsApp, the person you're calling must also have the app installed and set up on their phone to receive calls. Thanks to WhatsApp's integration into the iOS contacts infrastructure, it's as easy making a call through the phone app… assuming people still use their iPhones as actual phones.

If you've ever answered a call on your iPhone, you know exactly how to answer a WhatsApp call. Its the same process, except the call is conducted over Wi-Fi and not your cellular data.

When a call comes in, you have a few options:

(Apologies to Carly Rae Jepsen)