Last December, WhatsApp rolled out the ability to pin messages within one-on-one conversations and group chats, but you could only pin one message in a conversation. That changes now since Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and WhatsApp head Will Cathcart have announced that users can now pin up to three messages in individual and group chats.
Users can pin different types of messages, including text, images, and polls. To pin a message, you must long-press on it, select “Pin” from the menu, and select the duration. The message will be pinned for seven days by default, but you can also pin it for 24 hours or 30 days. After that duration, the message will be automatically unpinned if it’s not manually unpinned.
Also, when you click on the pinned message, you can navigate to that entire message in the conversation.
if you like pinning a message, you’re going to love pinning three
📌 because you can now pin up to 3 messages in your chats
— WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) March 21, 2024
In group chats, group admins can allow members to pin messages, and when a message is pinned, all members of that group are notified about it. However, users joining a group after a message is pinned won’t see it. Those who don’t have the group chat history or deleted the message before it was pinned won’t see it either.
