WhatsApp is testing a feature that allows you to leave group chats quietly without alerting other members

Have you found yourself stuck in a group chat on WhatsApp that has become a bit noisy or irrelevant, but you don’t want to leave at the risk of insulting friends or family?

There may be a solution before long, after it was revealed that WhatsApp is testing a new feature that allows you to quietly leave a group chat without sending a notification to other members.

The new feature was first spotted by independent WhatsApp experts WABetaInfo, which looks at early beta versions of the app to determine upcoming features before they are released.

It was clarified in a blog post that group admins will still be able to see who leaves the group when the feature becomes available, but other members won’t.

The new feature can prevent embarrassing confrontations with more sensitive group members who might take your departure badly.

Mark Zuckerberg first revealed the company’s plans to allow users to silently leave groups back in April, when Meta announced a new Communities feature that lets you have multiple group chats together and send messages to them all at the same time.

However, no details have been received from the company since then.

Now WABetaInfo has got a screenshot of the WhatsApp beta app on the desktop showing an exit prompt: “Only you and the group admins will be notified that you have left the group.”

“This screenshot is very clear: when you want to exit a WhatsApp group, other people in the chat will not be notified,” the company said in Blog post.

“Only group managers will be able to see who is leaving the group, while others cannot.”

When you are currently leaving a group, WhatsApp adds a system message in the chat to inform all participants that you have left the group

The feature is planned to roll out to users “in a future update,” according to WABetaInfo, but no release date has been set yet.

While it is currently in development for WhatsApp Desktop, it is expected to be released on WhatsApp for Android and iOS as well.

Last month, WhatsApp unveiled a new tool called Communities that allows you to message multiple groups at once.

The tool will allow users to organize different group conversations together under one main topic, for example, their children’s school or the street they live in, with community administrators able to share messages with everyone and control which groups can be included.

The Meta-owned messaging app said it would start rolling out the feature slowly and as a test, but Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg said the change was an “important development” for WhatsApp.

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