Archive WhatsApp Messages
Archive Messages for LinkedIn, WhatsApp and iMessage
Archive moves chats with no pending action out of your inbox and into storage. Nothing is deleted — think shelf, not trash.
How to Archive Messages
To archive a chat, hit "E" or click the archive button. This works when you hover over a chat in the list or when you are within a chat.
When a new message arrives in an archived chat, it restores itself and returns to the top of your inbox.
Press E (or Y) on a chat, or [ to archive and jump straight to the next chat. ⌘ + Shift + Enter sends your reply and archives in one move.
WhatsApp has a preference that lets chats stay archived with unread messages. Kondo doesn't respect it — while Kondo is open, it reconciles those chats so a chat is never both archived and unread. For smooth sailing, turn off WhatsApp's Keep chats archived so chats with unread messages leave the archive there too.
How to find your archived WhatsApp chats
- Search covers everything, archived or not.
- The Archive inbox in the sidebar holds all archived chats.
- In any other inbox, switch the filter to Everything (
Shift + D) to include archived chats in place.
Restore archived WhatsApp chat
Press Shift + E on an archived chat to bring it back to your inbox, or select several in the Archive inbox and restore them together.