{"id":130731,"date":"2019-02-21T18:44:46","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T18:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=130731"},"modified":"2025-07-01T22:20:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T05:20:01","slug":"whatsapp-group-invitations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/whatsapp-group-invitations\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp will make it easier to control annoying groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-130768\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/image\/upload\/q_auto:good\/v1550774639\/editorial\/whatsapp_3_700.jpg\" alt=\"whatsapp\" width=\"700\" height=\"505\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/whatsapp-group-descriptions-dos-donts\/\">WhatsApp groups<\/a> are one of those things in life that you either love or hate. We\u2019re not talking about the concept, we\u2019re talking about individual groups. You either love them or you hate them. Some groups can be funny, informative, entertaining, a vital way to stay in contact with lots of people you love and care for, or a quick and easy way to find out important information.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"WhatsApp Messenger\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_optimized,f_auto\/p\/6b5a0468-96d1-11e6-bfc6-00163ec9f5fa\/1398466786\/whatsapp-messenger-logo.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">WhatsApp Messenger<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download WhatsApp \u25ba<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--80\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"80\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"8\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\">8<\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Other groups though, are different. The annoying groups send you too many notifications, offer little of value, or make you want to throw your phone at the wall. WhatsApp is now moving to help you stay on top of all those bad groups.<\/p>\n<h2>WhatsApp group invites update could let you reject invitations to new groups<\/h2>\n<p>The new Group Invitation System has been spotted in an upcoming beta version of WhatsApp for Android. <a href=\"https:\/\/wabetainfo.com\/whatsapp-is-developing-a-group-invitation-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A report by WABetaInfo<\/a> claims that the feature will be available for all users of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/ios-whatsapp-users-can-now-see-into-the-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WhatsApp TestFlight beta program<\/a> when it next updates. The report also claims that the feature will be coming to Android users too, although it doesn\u2019t offer a time-frame on when that might happen. Although the feature isn\u2019t available just yet, it looks like its development has come a long since WABetaInfo first mentioned something about it back in May last year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? WhatsApp doesn&#8217;t allow to add Enterprises in groups anymore: new feature coming?<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DG6Zhj7HX3\">https:\/\/t.co\/DG6Zhj7HX3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It opens doors to a new possible group privacy feature for all WhatsApp users in future, seen that the server is configured for it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WABetaInfo\/status\/996454571584184322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The new Group Invitation system will work by giving all users the ability to control who can invite them into groups in the first place. By opening <strong>WhatsApp Settings<\/strong> and clicking <strong>Account<\/strong>, then <strong>Privacy<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Groups,<\/strong> users will come to the WhatsApp Group Invitation menu where they\u2019ll be able to control who can and can\u2019t add them to groups. There, users will find the following settings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Everyone<\/strong>: the user can be always added in groups. No invites will be received.<\/li>\n<li><strong>My Contacts<\/strong>: the user can be always added in groups from his contacts. He will receive an invite to join a group from people not in his contacts list.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nobody<\/strong>: the user cannot be directly added in groups, in any situation. He will receive a request every time someone wants to add him in a group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_130734\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-130734\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-130734\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/image\/upload\/c_scale,w_700\/v1550723279\/New_Project_1_p8jyxr.jpg\" alt=\"WhatsApp Group Invitation screenshots\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-130734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via: <a href=\"https:\/\/wabetainfo.com\/whatsapp-is-developing-a-group-invitation-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WABetaInfo<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The key point here is that if somebody doesn\u2019t have permission to add a user to groups, whenever they try, the user will receive an invite rather than being added automatically. The invite will remain active for 72 hours and after that, it will expire, and the invited user will no longer be able to join the group. The user will need to receive a new invite before they can then join the group and only one active invite per group will be permitted at a time.<\/p>\n<p>When this feature does get a general roll-out the \u201cNobody\u201d option will be best as it will always give you the chance to accept or decline an invitation to new groups. 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