Even when users don’t use their phones equally, WhatsApp, the most popular messaging programme in the world, consumes data just as much as any other application. Because of this frequent problem, users frequently waste carefully planned data.
Real-time messaging, information updates, and apps are constantly operating in the background, claims a report by Media run Search UK.
The report also advises users to set alerts to monitor particular actions that take up data packages. It involves limiting media updates, broadcasts, and browser searches.
However, some of the apps can be blocked from using data while actively running in the background. In addition, users can focus on conversations in the app rather than only making calls to limit the number of times they open the app to read the same chats and by not simply using WhatsApp for calls.
By following the above procedures, users can also stop WhatsApp from connecting to the internet. Notably, users of Android and iPhone devices can turn off this feature to conserve mobile data.
Here are the steps to disable this feature:
STEP1 Go to the Settings tab.
STEP2 Click on connection/ connection sharing (for Xiaomi/Mobile Network for OnePlus)
STEP3 Choose the option that says Data Usage to open the list of apps that are using data in the background.
STEP4 Proceed with Whatsapp from the list available.
STEP5 Toggle off the allow background data usage to disable the feature.
Or
STEP1 Go to Settings
STEP2 Click on Mobile.
STEP3 Drag the slider and further proceed with the option named Cellular Data.
STEP4 Click on the option that is named WhatsApp to disable the feature.
According to reports, a future update to WhatsApp, which is owned by Meta, would provide the ability to restore deleted messages. WaBetaInfo claims that the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.13.5 version features a feature that enables users to retrieve accidentally deleted texts. There is a caveat with this feature, though.
When an attempt is made to erase a message for you, users will see a snack bar, according to an image given by WaBetaInfo in its report. If they had previously decided to delete the message for everyone, WhatsApp users in this situation “will have a few seconds to recover the message.”
