How to Hide Received Photos on WhatsApp and WhatsApp Web

If you are using WhatsApp Web on your computer screen and someone is behind you or someone is just nearby, you may see all the photos in your chat message. It also usually happens when we are using WhatsApp on the mobile phone and someone is close to us: on a bus, at home sitting at the table, in the office … There are many times when we do not keep our distance and someone can see what they send us. Usually, in addition, what we receive is usually confidential or private and we do not want them to see it and that is why you can hide photos received on WhatsApp Web.

Either because it is private or because we want to avoid prying eyes, we can hide the photos received on WhatsApp both in the messaging application and on WhatsApp Web. There will be no video or photo thumbnails while there are people in front who can see them. This will prevent anyone from seeing compromised photos that give us a hard time in public places or at home.

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Hide photos on WhatsApp

In the case of the messaging application, it is easier to hide the photos on WhatsApp because it will be enough for us to block automatic downloads. This way, no image will be downloaded until we can decide manually. Without authorizing the download, the image will not appear on the screen until you press the button. Also, the thumbnail will appear blurry without the need for you to touch anything.

To do this you just have to block automatic downloads even with WiFi and thus nothing will be downloaded without your authorization. You can do it from the settings.

On Android

  • Open the application on your mobile phone
  • Click on the upper right corner to go to Settings
  • Check the option ” Data and storages” in the menu
  • Go to the section “Automatic download”
  • You will see three options
    • Download with mobile data
    • Download with WiFi
    • In data roaming
  • Check the “None” option in all three

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When they send you something, you will have to press the thumbnail button to download it. Until you do, it will not appear on the big screen on your mobile.

On iOS

  • Open WhatsApp on your iPhone
  • Click the “Settings” button in the lower right corner
  • Go to the section “Data and storage”
  • You will see four options
    • Photos
    • Audio
    • Videos
    • Documents
  • Choose in each of them that it is never downloaded

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You can also hide photos received from WhatsApp from the mobile phone gallery . That is, it will allow you to make sure that the photos they send you are not on your phone so that they are not found when you are teaching something to someone and they may appear unexpectedly … This way you will avoid compromised moments in the gallery.

  • Go to the WhatsApp application
  • Access the application settings on your mobile
  • Click on the “Chats” option
  • Select the check box “Visibility of multimedia files”
  • Check the box from the settings

When the photos arrive, you can see them from the chats. But from the gallery of your mobile phone they will not be visible to avoid accidents.

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Hide photos on WhatsApp Web

In the event that you want to hide photos received on WhatsApp Web, it will not help if you have blocked the download option on your mobile because the thumbnail will appear large on the computer screen and visible to everyone. But there are options for them to be displayed out of focus until you tap on them and decide to see them. This is especially useful if you use it in the office, at work, or if you share a room at home and don’t want anyone to see private photos. On a large screen, the possibility of being seen is even greater than on mobile.

To avoid it and to hide photos received on WhatsApp Web we can use an extension called Blur WhatsApp whose purpose is to blur the thumbnail of the received image or the preview of the video that we have received. It will be totally out of focus until we move the mouse pointer over it and then we can see what is there. If there is someone behind, just do not touch and nothing will be seen. If you are alone and without risks, you will be able to discover what they have sent.

Although it may vary from browser to browser, there are extensions for Mozilla Firefox and for Googel Chrome that fulfill the same function. There are some options available and you will be able to choose from the one that interests you most of all that we leave you below:

Blur Images

Blur Images is a Chrome extension that allows us to make the thumbnails blurry until you click on them or hover or hover over them. Hide videos, photos or any multimedia image received until you decide. It is free and it is enough to install it from Google Chrome . Beyond photos or videos, it also blurs the GIFs they send us. It is very useful, it has more than 2,000 downloads and it will cost you nothing to try it. If it does not convince you, just delete it from your browser and try another of the available options.

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Privacy Extension for WhatsApp Web

Another option to hide photos received on WhatsApp Web is to do it through this extension that has more than 10,000 users in the Google browser. The great advantage is that it not only allows us to hide photos or videos, but also makes any message in the application and even profile photos, etc. blurry. You can choose what you want it to hide, among several options such as only photos, only new messages, profile photos, downloaded multimedia content, names of groups or users or all chat messages. You can check and uncheck the different options as you need. It is free, it is in English and you can add it to your Google Chrome browser from the download link of Privacy Extension for WhatsApp Web or by searching for it in the browser’s extensions store.

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WhatsApp Pop & Blur

For Mozilla Firefox you can install WhatsApp PopUp & Blur, an extension for Firefox that allows WhatsApp Webs to open in a pop-up window, and not in the browser you are using, and is also capable of automatically blurring everything you receive: videos , icons, images or any message that your contacts send you through the messaging application. Even if someone passes behind, they won’t see what you’re writing.

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