WhatsApp and Telegram offer ways to let you hide your profile picture from other users. The former allows you to set profile picture visibility to your contacts and no one, while the latter gives you the flexibility to individually hide your profile picture from certain users and groups. If you are wondering how to use the feature, here are the steps to hide profile pictures on WhatsApp and Telegram.
Hide Profile Picture on WhatsApp and Telegram
Hide Profile Picture on WhatsApp
1. Open WhatsApp and tap the vertical three-dot menu in the upper right corner. From the list of available options, Tap on Settings. When the settings page appears, Select ‘Account’.
2. On the account settings page, Tap on Privacy and press ‘Profile photo’ It’s under the ‘Who can see my personal information’ section.
3. You will now see the current profile photo privacy settings – Everyone, My Contacts and Nobody. If you don’t want anyone to see your profile picture on WhatsApp, set the privacy to ‘Nobody’. You can also set privacy to ‘My Contacts’ in case you want to let people in your address book see your screenshot.
Hide Screenshot in Telegram
1. Open Telegram and Swipe right to access settings. From the settings page, Tap on ‘Privacy and Security’.
2. In the Privacy section of the Privacy and Security page, you will see the ‘Profile Photos’ settings. Tap on it to see the available options – Everyone and My Contacts. Here, you can choose: Hide your profile picture from certain people or groups using the ‘Never Allow’ option.
3. Tap Never Allow and select the contacts and group you want to hide your profile picture from.. Once done, tap on the action button with floating checkmark to save the hidden contacts list. you should do it now tap the checkmark icon in the upper right corner of the screen to confirm the changes. Similarly, you can add people to the ‘Always Allow’ list to allow them to see your profile picture.
Hide WhatsApp and Telegram Profile Pictures
This is how you can hide profile pictures on WhatsApp and Telegram. In case you were wondering, Signal doesn’t have an option to hide profile pictures from certain people, so we haven’t covered that. If you’re new to Telegram or WhatsApp, check out the best Telegram tips and tricks and WhatsApp tips and tricks article to get started.