{"id":6824,"date":"2017-05-06T14:53:30","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T09:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/?p=6824"},"modified":"2017-05-06T14:53:30","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T09:23:30","slug":"disable-remove-whatsapp-status-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/disable-remove-whatsapp-status-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Disable or Remove WhatsApp Status Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The most effective method to\u00a0<strong><em>Disable or Remove WhatsApp Status Feature.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>WhatsApp Introduces New SnapChat like Status Feature<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>in its current update to Android and iOS. WhatsApp\u2019s status includes allows users to set up a Status as a GIF, Image, or a Video for 24 hours and then it will be removed automatically. WhatsApp has removed the old status update feature that people used with their profile photo and introduce a new feature that allows users to set up a Status in the form of a GIF, Image, or a Video for 24 hours and then it will be removed\u00a0automatically. After update the new version, it does not show the old status. Many people don\u2019t care for the new update as there is no alternative to use the text status that\u2019s is the reason we share a trick to remove or disable WhatsApp status feature on your Android phone.<\/p>\n[ad type=\u201dbanner\u201d]\n<p>The new version brings new status and brings the entire new interface on homescreen. But many users don\u2019t like that way and need to return to the old version. You\u2019re one of them then you are in the perfect place, Here we share <strong>how To disable or remove WhatsApp Status Feature on Android<\/strong>. WhatsApp regularly updated their application newly with several features and new changes. First, they introduce the new feature for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/whatsapp-for-android-gets-document-sharing-feature\/\">sharing documents<\/a>\u00a0then they\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/send-document-file-whatsapp\/\">add font formatting options<\/a>\u00a0(<strong>bold,<\/strong><em>\u00a0italics,<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0) and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/how-to-use-new-whatsapp-font\/\">added new font<\/a>\u00a0and now they rolled out WhatsApp status feature. But many people don\u2019t care for update their device unintentionally to the latest version. So you don\u2019t like WhatsApp Status update and need to return then follow below guide to disable or remove WhatsApp Status Feature.<\/p>\n<p><em>This will works only on rooted phones. If you are using Non-Rooted device and don\u2019t like the update then Download old WhatsApp apk.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"requirement\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Requirement:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Rooted device<\/li>\n<li>Es File Explorer or\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=fr.simon.marquis.preferencesmanager&hl=en\">SharedPreference Editor<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[ad type=\u201dbanner\u201d]\n<h4 id=\"how-to-disable-or-remove-whatsapp-status-feature\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>How to Disable or Remove WhatsApp Status Feature:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>First Force stop the WhatsApp.<\/li>\n<li>Now if you are using Root Explorer or Es File manager, open \u2018\/data\/data\/com.whatsapp\/shared_prefs\/com.whatsapp_preferences.xml\u2018<\/li>\n<li>If you are using\u00a0SharedPreference Editor, select \u2018WhatsApp\u2019 and then select \u2018com.whatsapp_preferences\u2018.<\/li>\n<li>Find \u2018status_mode\u2018 and edit its value from \u20181\u2019 and make it as\u00a0\u20180\u2019\u00a0and then update.<\/li>\n<li>For Root Explorer or text editors, change<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><code>int name=\"status_mode\" value=\"1\"\/<\/code><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">To<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><code>int name=\"status_mode\" value=\"0\"\/<\/code><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a06. \u00a0 \u00a0 Save and Done.<\/p>\n<p>This is easiest way to Disable or Remove WhatsApp Status Feature and share it with your friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Disable or Remove WhatsApp Status Feature &#8211; Android &#8211; The most effective method to Disable or Remove WhatsApp Status Feature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1791],"tags":[19888,19885,19909,19880,19893,19895,19889,19898,19897,19899,19894,19900,19896,19887,19886,19903,19883,19892,19891,19904,19901,19882,19902,19884,19906,19890,19907,19881,19908,19905],"class_list":["post-6824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-avoiding-status-for-whatsapp","tag-block-status-for-whatsapp","tag-hide-status-whatsapp","tag-hide-whatsapp-online-status","tag-hide-whatsapp-status","tag-how-to-change-status-in-whatsapp","tag-how-to-change-status-on-whatsapp","tag-how-to-hide-online-status-in-whatsapp","tag-how-to-hide-online-status-on-whatsapp","tag-how-to-hide-whatsapp-online-status","tag-how-to-hide-whatsapp-status","tag-how-to-hide-your-online-status-on-whatsapp","tag-last-seen-status","tag-last-seen-status-for-whatsapp","tag-online-whatsapp-status","tag-read-status-in-whatsapp","tag-show-whatsapp-status","tag-whatsapp-block-online-status","tag-whatsapp-block-status","tag-whatsapp-hide-online-status","tag-whatsapp-hide-status","tag-whatsapp-last-seen-status","tag-whatsapp-lseen-timestamp","tag-whatsapp-online-status","tag-whatsapp-read-status","tag-whatsapp-status-last-seen","tag-whatsapp-status-on-last-seen","tag-whatsapp-status-online","tag-whatsapp-status-online-hide","tag-whatsapp-timestamp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}