WhatsApp may soon add feature that blocks users from saving shared files

WhatsApp has become one of the trusted platforms for daily text communications. Now, the Meta-owned app is testing another chat privacy feature that will block exporting chats and media to saved files. Therefore, users will now have the ability to disable automatic media downloads or save chat history outside of the app, taking user privacy more seriously. WhatsApp’s new chat privacy feature According to the WABetaInfo report, WhatsApp beta for iOS 25.10.10.70 was spotted with a new “advanced chat privacy feature” that limits message sharing. WhatsApp's advanced chat privacy feature availability As of now, the new chat privacy feature is only available to beta users on iOS devices.