Without a doubt, WhatsApp has recently become one of the most used applications by users around the world in terms of communications, and this is not just a coincidence.

Sometimes there may be different scenarios that threaten our privacy. For example, we may have left our Android phone forgotten for a few moments and that some relative or friend would be tempted to take a look at the device. In general, what is most curious to give people is to be able to spy on the conversations we have in WhatsApp with our contacts.

Of course, if we are regular users of WhatsApp, we are likely to have various conversations that we do not want other people to read, so it is never too much to find a solution to the problem, and manage to protect WhatsApp with a blocking password.

Steps to protect WhatsApp with password

In the Google Play Store there are currently a variety of tools to protect messaging applications through the placement of a password, but the truth is that in our opinion, one of the best is ChatLock +, since it has An interesting amount of functionality, and at the same time is really simple to use.

The first thing we should know about ChatLock + is that its main function is that it allows us to block, hide and protect our messages and chats on the mobile phone, and it is important to note that we can not only use it with WhatsApp, but it is also possible to block other Instant messaging applications , as well as to protect our email and our social networks.

At the same time, ChatLock + includes the functionality that allows us to password protect the gallery of our Android phone , thereby blocking the possibility that third parties can see our photos and videos.

Well, then we tell you the steps to follow to use ChatLock + on our Android phone and thus be able to protect WhatsApp with password.

Step 1

The first thing we will do is search the Google Play Store for the ChatLock + application. Its download is completely free, so we must install it on our Android device.

Step 2

Once the application is installed on our Android phone, we will run it for the first time and we will see that on the main page of the same, we will be asked to enter a 4-digit PIN. It should be noted that we can always change this PIN in the future.

Step 3

Then we will be asked to confirm the PIN on the same screen.

Step 4

Next, a new screen will be displayed from which we can choose which applications we wish to block access with a password. We will see that next to each of them appears a button on and off the lock.

Step 5

By clicking on the application settings button, we can access different and incessant extra features, which are very simple to use. There we will even find the option to change the PIN.

Step 6

What we will do will be from the main ChatLock screen + enable WhatsApp blocking, where we can also configure the auto lock time.

Once we have configured all these parameters, we will see that the next time we try to open WhatsApp we will be asked to enter the PIN through ChatLock +.