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Meta will soon let you leave WhatsApp groups silently but your name will be in a list of past participants

Link [2022-05-21 23:33:24]

It looks like you will now be able to leave WhatsApp Groups without causing too much of a fuss. You will notify only the group admins when you do so. Meanwhile, if you are a prevailing member, you will have the option to view past participants of the group. All these while WhatsApp is reportedly increasing the group capacity to 512 members from the previous limit of 256 members. WABetaInfo, who spotted these features tells us the Meta-owned platform is still developing them and it could take some time before they are available to the app’s beta users.

WhatsApp Group Changes

As you can see in the image above, when you choose to leave a group, only you and the group admins will know that you have left the group.

So, only the admins will receive the in-chat notification message that a particular individual has exited the group. 

Regular group members can still find out if you have left only if they check out the new View Past Participants option below the current group member names in the group settings section.

Both these features are still under development. One other group feature in the works is the increase in the total number of WhatsApp group members to 512. So, if you like being part of bigger communities, that particular feature will be useful for you.

WhatsApp meme | Credits: WABetaInfo​

We will let you know once these features are available for the public on Android, iOS, and Desktop/Web platforms.

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