{"id":93341,"date":"2017-08-29T10:55:11","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T10:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=93341"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:48:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:48:13","slug":"manage-whatsapp-easier-with-pinned-chats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/manage-whatsapp-easier-with-pinned-chats\/","title":{"rendered":"Manage WhatsApp Easier with Pinned Chats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp is the world\u2019s <strong>second most popular messaging service<\/strong> and is used by over 1 billion people. Now you\u2019re not going to be messaging all of them but chances are you\u2019ll currently <strong>have a LOT of active chats<\/strong> on your WhatsApp. With this in mind, WhatsApp have introduced a new feature that allows you to <strong>pin your most important chats<\/strong> so that they\u2019re easier to find.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Pin a Chat on WhatsApp<\/h2>\n<p>Fortunately, the process <strong>isn\u2019t too complicated<\/strong> but we\u2019ll walk you through it to make your life as easy as possible.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Find the chat that you want to pin to the top of your WhatsApp<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-93342 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/Select-chat-to-pin-1024x992.jpg\" alt=\"Select chat to pin\" width=\"440\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/Select-chat-to-pin-1024x992.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/Select-chat-to-pin-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/Select-chat-to-pin-768x744.jpg 768w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/Select-chat-to-pin.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>2. Long press the message to highlight it<\/h3>\n<h3>3. At the top of the screen you\u2019ll see a new pin logo. Press it.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-93343 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/Pin-Icon-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"Pin Icon\" width=\"440\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/Pin-Icon-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/Pin-Icon-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/Pin-Icon-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/Pin-Icon.jpg 1075w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>4. The message is now pinned to the top of your chats tab (It&#8217;ll now have the pin icon to show it is pinned)<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-93344 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/Pinned-1024x939.jpg\" alt=\"Pinned\" width=\"441\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/Pinned-1024x939.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/Pinned-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/Pinned-768x704.jpg 768w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/Pinned.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting here that <strong>whenever you pin a message it will go to the top of the chats tab.<\/strong> This means that any messages you pinned before it will be pushed down below it. If you want a particular message to remain at the top of your chats tab you\u2019ll have to <strong>re-pin it<\/strong> every time you pin another message.<\/p>\n<p>This feature is especially useful if you use it to pin a group that only contains you to the top of your tab. 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