WhatsApp has increased its focus on user privacy for quite some time. It already offers end-to-end encryption on chats and the ability to protect your IP address through calls. Now WhatsApp has added the option to disable link previews to further improve your privacy.

As discovered by WABetaInfo, WhatsApp Beta version 2.24.8.11 for Android and version 24.7.10.76 for iOS adds a "Disable link previews" toggle. If you enable this feature, previews will no longer be created for links you share. However, you will still see previews for links shared by others who have not enabled this feature.

Since the option is already available to users on the beta channel, here's a quick guide to enable it.

When enabled, the previews will no longer be shown to you. As you can see in the screenshots below, here is a before and after of how links will appear in your WhatsApp chats. Disable link previews ON (left) | Disable link preview OFF (right)