WAIncognito

Be invisible on WhatsApp™ Web by disabling read receipts and presence updates

What is WAIncognito?

"WAIncognito" is a Chrome extension that enhances WhatsApp Web privacy by allowing users to disable read receipts and presence updates such as 'Last Seen' and 'typing' indicators. It includes features like restoring deleted messages, downloading statuses, and marking specific chats as read. It ensures user privacy by not transmitting data anywhere, and operates independently of WhatsApp Inc.

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By: Tomer

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Users: 100,000+

Rating: 3.71 (275) ▼ 1 ratings

Version: 2.1.9 (Last updated: 2024-10-28)

Creation date: 2020-07-01

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage

Host permissions:

https://web.whatsapp.com/*

Size: 517.12K

Email: to*****@gmail.com

URLs: Privacy policy

Ranking

# 2250 ▼ 23

Other rankings

#390 in Social Networking ▼ 1

#9 in whatsapp extension keyword 54

#18 in whatsapp keyword 42

#58 in messages keyword 10 ▲ 8

#130 in status keyword 8

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Other platforms

WAIncognito (v2.0.1)

3.40

(5) 321

WAIncognito (v1.0.1)

4.60

(19) 2,244+

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Extension summary

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See other people's read receipts, but control when you send yours. Freely explore any chat thread or status without making it read, even for groups. And additionally, nobody knows you're online if you don't want to.

FEATURES

Adds a new menu in WhatsApp™ Web that lets you toggle on and off the sending of:
- Read receipts for messages (two blue ticks mark)
- "Last Seen" updates (presence) and "typing"
Works for groups
Works for statuses/stories
Restores all deleted messages
See if a message was sent from a phone or a computer
Lets you download statuses
When read receipts are blocked, the unread messages counteres show up transperent, and when you read them they turn red. This helps to tell when you are in invisible mode and it is safe to click on chats.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Useful tool for managing WhatsApp messages
Effective in recovering deleted messages
Recent updates have resolved some issues
Generally works well after updates

Cons

Frequent issues after WhatsApp updates
Some features like download status and read receipts do not work properly
Experiencing performance issues, including memory problems

Most mentioned

Not working after recent updates
Issues with unread messages and read receipts
Problems with group and business account chats
Request for more features and improvements

Recent reviews

Aryaman Dutta, 2024-11-06

Since that last WhatsApp update, none of those bypass extensions are working anymore. Do you have any plans on making it work again?

randomic random, 2024-10-31

Its a very useful tool. With recent update to Google Chrome, it stopped working for me. View once isn't working the way it should be. Please fix this asap.