Learn how to use WhatsApp’s Star feature (★) to bookmark important messages for quick and easy access later.
Why star messages on WhatsApp
Old messages can easily get buried under new ones, making it harder to locate specific texts. By starring an important message, you ensure it stays saved in the conveniently accessible Starred Messages section for future reference.
In essence, this feature acts as a handy bookmark, allowing you to quickly revisit important messages without the hassle of searching.
Star or bookmark a message on WhatsApp
- Open WhatsApp and go inside an individual or group conversation.
- Touch and hold a message, picture, video, or document, and tap the Star.
- This will add a tiny star icon ★ in this message bubble, signifying it’s bookmarked. You can star both received and sent messages.
Access all your bookmarked WhatsApp messages
You can view all starred messages from a specific person in one place. Additionally, WhatsApp offers a central location where all your bookmarked messages are listed together.
See all starred messages of a single chat
- Open WhatsApp and tap a person’s or group’s name or mobile number to see their chat with you.
- Tap their name or number at the top of the conversation screen.
- Go to Starred Messages to view all messages you have bookmarked from this person.
See all your starred messages
- Open WhatsApp and tap Settings.
- Open Starred Messages and you should see a list of all the messages you have ever bookmarked across all of your chats.
From both the above screens, you can:
- Tap the arrow (>) next to the starred message, and it will take you to that exact position, date, and timestamp in the conversation when this starred message was sent.
- Tap Edit > select the messages, and then you can take a bunch of actions like forward, unstar, share, or delete.
Unstar WhatsApp messages
- Go to a WhatsApp conversation.
- Scroll through the chat to find a starred message. Now, touch & hold a starred message and tap Unstar.
Aside from that, you can also unstar messages by going to the all starred messages screen.
FAQs
What happens to starred messages when you delete a WhatsApp chat?
When you touch & hold a WhatsApp conversation and hit Delete Chat > Delete Chat, it will erase all messages of that conversation, including starred messages. However, if you swipe left on a chat > More > Clear Chat, you get the choice to clear all messages or clear all messages except the starred messages. If bookmarked messages are important, select Delete All Except Starred.
How to star or unstar messages on WhatsApp Web
Open a conversation and click the arrow for a text. Now, select Star or Unstar.
Do starred messages sync to other devices?
Yes. If you star a message on your iPhone and go to WhatsApp on your Mac in the official app or browser, you will see that the same message is also starred there.
Can I star multiple messages at once?
Unfortunately, no, it’s not possible to select and star multiple WhatsApp messages at once on iPhone.
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