WhatsApp latest update: The Facebook-owned most popular messaging platform WhatsApp, recently rolled out an “Archive chats” feature for both Android and iOS users. The selected chats disappear when archived. Users can manually archive and unarchive any number of WhatsApp chats.

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To archive chats, all you need to do is tap and hold the chat that you want to archive. Then just tap on the archive icon on the top. iPhone users need to swipe from left to right and then tap on the archive chats icon.

On WhatsApp Web, users just need to hover the mouse cursor over a chat and then tap on the down arrow. Then just simply select the “Archive Chat” option.

To view these archived chats on Android: "Go to the “Chats” tab on the top of the screen. If a conversation opens, hit the back option. Now scroll down to the bottom and select “Archived Chats”.

You can now see and read all your Archived Chats in this folder. With this feature, WhatsApp users can declutter their inbox whenever they want without deleting important conversations.

Meanwhile, WhatsApp may soon ask users to verify their identity to make payments on the platform. As per the latest WhatsApp beta release, the messenger will require users to upload verification documents to continue using payments on WhatsApp.

Currently, when you set up WhatsApp Pa, the service only verifies the phone number linked to your bank account to enable UPI-based transactions. At present, the service does not require users to submit any identity verification documents to make payments. However, that might change soon.