Now that KakaoTalk is simply a messenger for friendship, its functions and roles have increased considerably, right? Even companies use the PC version to conduct business conversations on a daily basis. Today, we will learn how to hide KakaoTalk chat rooms and set up secret chats. If you are using KakaoTalk in the situation just explained, you will know why this is necessary. I feel uncomfortable when others see my chat room that many people are watching, especially when using KakaoTalk on a computer. Let’s see how we can alleviate these little inconveniences right away.
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Kakao Talk chat room
The screen above is the mobile version of the KakaoTalk chat room, and the screen below is the PC version of the KakaoTalk. In the case of the PC version, if the KakaoTalk window is activated when a message arrives, the contents of the latest message are displayed at the top and at the same time, a part of the contents of the message is displayed in a small pop-up along with the sender’s name at the bottom right. If a personal KakaoTalk with sensitive content comes from a place where many people gather, it will be nerve-wracking in many ways, right? 1분전
KakaoTalk itself does not yet provide a function to hide chat rooms with other people, but if you use the function of turning off notifications and pinning to the top, you can pay less attention to this. So let’s simply turn off the feature starting with the mobile version. (Actually, mobile doesn’t have to worry about it that much.)
Disable KakaoTalk iPhone notifications
In terms of iPhone, go to Settings and click [Notifications]. You will see various apps installed on your iPhone. Select [KakaoTalk] here.
KakaoTalk iPhone notification settings
If you turn off [Allow notifications] at the top, all notifications will not come, so you have to check it yourself by running KakaoTalk when necessary. Otherwise, it would be good to set individual settings depending on the three situations [Lock Screen], [Notification Center], and [Banner] in the middle.
Disable kakaotalk notifications PC
In the PC version, select the chat room list with the other party and click the [Right Mouse] button. If you select [Turn off notifications] here, even if this person talks to you, the contents of the message will not appear as a pop-up in the bottom right corner.
Pinned to the top of the KakaoTalk chat room
And one more thing, click the [Right Mouse] button again and click [Pin Chat Room Top]. If you pin a few chat windows to the top like this (as far as I know, you can pin up to 5), they will appear on top of the chat windows you set up among multiple chat windows. It’s good to use this fixed function well. For example, if you set several chat windows of institutions and companies that are not visible to anyone as fixed at the top, your personal chat window will be displayed below it even if a new message arrives, so even if I open the Kakao Talk window for a while, someone can see it. The odds are very low.
Create KakaoTalk secret chat
In KakaoTalk, you can create a secret chat room with strong security using the same encryption method as Telegram. Unfortunately, I know it’s not available in the PC version. If you think of it the other way around, wouldn’t it be more reassuring to know that if you have an important secret chat on your phone, the contents of the conversation related to that chat room will not appear at all on the PC version?
Create KakaoTalk secret chat
If you look at the top right of the chat box with the other person, there are three menu buttons in a row. If you click here, you will see a menu called [Secret Chat] at the bottom right away.
Start KakaoTalk secret chat
As soon as you select this, [Start a secret chat. Only available on mobile] This notification will appear and you will be moved to a new chat room marked with a padlock. If you look at the screen on the right, it’s the same person, but in the part where the conversation message is displayed, [Secret Message] appears, and you can see that it was created as a separate chat room.
Principles of KakaoTalk secret chat
This secret chat uses an end-to-end encryption method, so no records are left on the server like Telegram (temporarily stored for only about 2-3 days), and all conversations are encrypted, making it impossible to check conversations on the KakaoTalk server. It doesn’t even appear in the PC version, so it’s better to hide the chat room.
Exit KakaoTalk secret chat
If you leave the chat room like this, the conversation contents and list will be deleted.