WhatsApp: How to Mark Photos and Videos as 'View Once'

This setting prevents media from being seen multiple times

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WhatsApp added an optional “View Once” setting to its in-application camera, which allows users to send photos and videos in chats that can only be viewed a single time.

Users can manually turn this View Once setting on for each photo or video they share in a chat if they want the limitation to be in effect.

Here’s how to mark a photo or video as View Once in the WhatsApp mobile app.

Note: These screenshots were captured in the WhatsApp app on iOS.

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