Being one of the most widely used instant messaging services worldwide on devices iOS and Androidit is becoming more and more common that WhatsApp be the chosen medium to contact different people beyond friends and family.
However, this situation also implies that our personal data is exposed to unknown persons. Fortunately, the app has privacy settings designed to limit third parties from having access to such information.
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How to hide your profile picture on WhatsApp?
Next, we explain step by step how to carry out this procedure depending on the phone model you use:
From Android devices:
- Open the application of WhatsApp from your smartphone
- Click on the three-dot icon ⋮ to display the main menu
- Access the Settings pane
- go to Account > Privacy > Profile picture.
From iOS devices:
- Enter the application of WhatsApp from your iPhone
- Go to the tab Setting located at the bottom of the screen
- Go to the section of Account > Privacy > Profile picture.
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In this section, you will see three privacy options: everyone, my contacts and no one. There you will have to select the second option and that’s it, your profile picture will now only remain visible to the people who are included in your contact book.