You hate new whatsapp status feature? you can now desable it!

A recent update made by whatsapp i.e whatsapp status .After copying Snapchat’s storied feature on Instagram, facebook decided to put the same story like status feature on WhatsApp. However, many people like me don’t like this new feature at all.

If you prefer to use WhatsApp the old way, you find new Status feature very annoying and want to Contacts tab back again (which is also removed with the addition of Story-like Status feature) then you don’t need to worry.

In this tutorial, I will show you how you can get rid of the New Status Feature and remove it completely from your WhatsApp. Although you need to have a rooted Android phone for this method to work.

Easy & Simple Method To Disable Staus Feature

• Make sure your phone is rooted.
• Download this App from Play Store: Preferences Manager

1. Go to Settings > Apps > WhatsApp.
2. Tap on Force Close and go back to home screen.
3. Now, open the app Preferences Manager.
4. On the top, tap on search and search for “WhatsApp”.
5. Tap on WhatsApp to open.
6. Again, on the top, tap on search and search for “status_mode”.
7. Then, tap on “status_mode” = 1.
8. In the Value field change the value from “1” to “0”.
9. Now open your WhasApp again and you the Status Tab will be gone.

Another Simple Method

• Make sure you have a Root Explorer on your phone.
• Make sure you have enabled “/” & “/System” to RW.

1. Open your root explorer.
2. Go to /data/data/com.whatsapp/shared_prefs/com.whatsapp_preferences.xml
3. Open com.whatsapp_preferences.xml file with a text editor.
4. Look for the line <int name=”status_mode” value=”1″ />
5. Change the value from “1” to “0” so it will be like this <int name=”status_mode” value=”0″ />
6. Then save the file and exit.
7. That’s it!