Whatsapp - Disable Status And Hide Read feature | 2017

Recently whatsapp just released the featured of the new status and if you do not like it you can simply block it without root. Yes without root and you will get Whatsapp update and there is no need to install 3rd party app to do that.

How To Disable/Remove the new WhatsApp Status Feature

With over a Billion monthly active user base, Whatsapp is easily the world’s biggest instant messaging platform. On its 8th birthday in early February, Whatsapp introduced a new feature by the name of ‘Status’.With all the internet buzz around the feature, people are left wondering about the concept of ‘Status’. Here we decode the latest feature for you:

What is ‘Status’?

WhatsApp’s latest feature allows users to put up a Status in the form of an Image, GIF or a Video. The fun part about it is that these Statuses will last for only 24 hours and then be removed automatically.

Why disable this feature?

New update of Whatsapp just made it more like Snapchat and Instagram and isn’t it annoying to have multiple apps for the same functions ? That’s exactly why a person will disable this feature most probably!

Instructions

Force Stop WhatsApp before proceeding.
Open the file ‘/data/data/com.whatsapp/shared_prefs/com.whatsapp_preferences.xml’
Find the key name: ‘status_mode’ and edit its value from ‘1’ and make it as ‘0’
Open WhatsApp and boom you are good to go!

Now how to hide Blue read tick marks:

Hide Read for WhatsApp

Hide read for Whatsapp will allow your contacts to see wether you received the message or not, but they will never know that you read it.

Features

Read all your messages with incognito mode.
Download and display pictures, images and audio files that you receive through WhatsApp.
Your contacts will receive the double check only when you’ll want to answer.
How to Install?
Download Apk (link below).
On your Android device, go to settings > security > allow unknown sources.
Find downloaded APK on your phone and install it.
All Done. Enjoy!


File Details:

Hide read for WhatsApp.ver.1.0.15.build.15.apk
6.0 MB (6306409 bytes)

APK:- Download| Mirror