Go to the particular chat and tap the name of the chat above. This opens up the information page, where you'll see the option 'media visibility'. Choose it and then select the option 'no' to not save this chat's media files in your phone's gallery.
Go to your media gallery and to the image you want to send, and pick to share it with a WhatsApp contact. You'll see now the number 1 appear next to your caption field. Tap on it and a message appears that explains the feature. Hit 'okay', and it'll activate the 'view once' trick.
Go to the update tab, and now look for the pencil icon at the bottom of your screen. A blank screen appears where you can type your status, add emojis, and effects. You'll also see a microphone icon. Tapping the microphone lets you record a voice memo that you can share as a status update.
For Android, you can begin by going to the group and selecting the three point menu, or in case of iOS, you can tap the name of the group to open the group setting. After this choose the option'mute notifications' and 'forever.' The go back to your chat overview, and move this particular group chat into you archived chats.
Simply tap and hold the message that you want to reply to. Select the three point menu at the top of the group chat. This opens up a choice to reply privately.
If you want to see the exact time your message was read, tap on the respective message. Select the menu and go to info. The time stamp is available there.