Easy Ways To Disable WhatsApp Without Uninstalling The Application On Smartphone

YOGYAKARTA - As one of the most popular instant messaging applications, almost all smartphone users have WhatsApp application on their Android.

There are many features offered by WhatsApp, ranging from sending messages, both personally and in groups, as well as phone calls to video calls. Apart from that, you can also share documents with other users.

However, that does not mean that all users want to continue installing the WhatsApp application on their smartphones. Maybe, you are one of the users who want to disable WhatsApp, but cancel it because you don't want to lose contact with your friends on WhatsApp.

WhatsApp itself is an instant messaging application that does not provide a "Sign Out" menu or remove an account. Each application can only be used for 1 account only.

It also makes users have to uninstall the application if they want to exit WhatsApp. But, there is actually a way you can do to disable WhatsApp without having to delete the app.

If you don't know how to do it yet, follow the steps compiled by the VOI team, to disable the WhatsApp application on your smartphone device without having to delete the application.

One way that can be done to make the WhatsApp application stop operating temporarily is to force WhatsApp to stop its performance through the phone settings.

The trick, users can enter the device settings "Settings" on the smartphone. Next, you can open the "Applications" menu in the settings column that you have opened.

After that, select the WhatsApp application. A menu option will appear that can be selected by the user, one of which is "Force Stop" which serves to forcibly stop the performance of applications on your smartphone.

If you want WhatsApp to stop operating temporarily, or to be disabled then press the "Force Stop" button to stop WhatsApp's performance.

Furthermore, you can also select the option to disable "Background Data" and revoke all app permissions for WhatsApp.

For the record, if you force stop the WhatsApp application, then people who send messages to your account can only see one tick description on the message sent.

By activating force stop, you can stop Whatsapp's performance without having to delete the application. You can also receive messages sent to your account if you later reactivate your WhatsApp application.

That's how to disable the WhatsApp application on a smartphone without having to uninstall it. You can also activate force stop for applications other than WhatsApp using the same method as above.

You just need to replace the WhatsApp application with another application that you want to disable on your smartphone.