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YOGYAKARTA - In the WhatsApp (WA) application there is now a new feature to mute calls from unknown numbers. This feature is presented to improve the privacy security of WA users and prevent fraud. How to mute unknown numbers in WA?

"You can now automatically silence incoming calls from unknown contacts on WhatsApp for better privacy and control," said Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, on Tuesday (20/6), reported by TechCrunch.

Given the increasing prevalence and variety of online fraud modes, the safety of application use needs to be maintained as tightly as possible. With the Silence unknown callers feature in WA, users can use WA more calmly and avoid fraud and spam traps. How to mute unknown numbers in WA is also quite easy.

WhatsApp launched the silent feature of unknown calls after reports of increased spam calls disturbing users of this messaging application. This mute feature of unknown phone numbers is provided as a WhatsApp effort to provide comfort and protect the safety of its users.

When a user activates the silence unknown calls feature, calls from a foreign number or number that is not stored in the contact will not make the user's WA ring. Notifications to answer and refuse calls will also not appear. Different from the previous WA system, where every call from an unknown number will keep coming in and ringing.

Although the Silence feature is unknown calls are enabled, the call history of the unknown number is still displayed in the 'Calls' section tab in the WA application. So users can still check whether the number is from a known person or an important number but has not been saved in the WA contact.

The silent feature unknown calls can be activated easily. Here are tips or how to activate the mute feature of unknown numbers in WA.

Separately, WhatsApp also provides a new privacy check feature. This feature will appear in the Privacy section. The inspection feature will direct users through several steps to find out various privacy controls.

For example, "Select who can contact you", "Control your personal information", "Add more privacy to your chat", and "Add more protection to your account."

Users can take advantage of the feature to change settings, such as two-factor authentication, set the default timer to remove messages according to the time chosen, determine who can add them to the group, and control who can view their profile photos.

That's how to mute an unknown phone number. To prevent spam calls and fraud, you can activate the Silence unknown calls feature. WA users need to take advantage of this feature to keep them safe and to be able to use WA comfortably.

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