If you don’t know how to remove the fingerprint from WhatsApp, here we help you so you know how to not only remove it but also solve any problem.
Several updates ago, WhatsApp added privacy and security options, allowing chats and access to the WhatsApp app itself to have an extra layer of security.
With this we ensured that only we could see and access the application itself, thus avoiding any unauthorized look at our private information. Obviously, this works collaterally with the fingerprint reader of our device and there are times where it usually fails.
So faced with this problem, we will need to remove the WhatsApp fingerprint and to do this what we must do is:
- Go to the WhatsApp options section
- We go to account and then in Privacy
- We scroll down and at the end we will find the Fingerprint Lock and the options to deactivate it.
Up to this point, in theory it should be unlocked, however, there will be other Android devices in which the WhatsApp fingerprint will only be removed if we deactivate it from the configuration or settings app.
So we must look for the accessibility, privacy, or accessibility section until we find the biometric data options . From there we will delete our registered fingerprint, so that the device has no more fingerprints to access and thus we avoid the whole problem of it not allowing us access due to non-recognition of the fingerprint.
What to do if WhatsApp doesn’t recognize my fingerprint?
If for some reason your mobile device stops recognizing your fingerprint and you have already registered it so that it can be used within WhatsApp, you have some clear options:
- Restart your device to see if the problem is solved
- Delete or remove the WhatsApp fingerprint
- Clean the fingerprint reader and avoid having your finger wrinkled or extremely dry
- Add or register a new fingerprint so you can continue using WhatsApp safely.
In the same section in which we added the first fingerprint, we will also have the option to add a few more fingerprints, so that we can verify that the fingerprint sensor was indeed damaged.
Sometimes bugs are created that we cannot understand but that give us a headache because something simply stops working. So try these solutions and with this you should be able to continue using WhatsApp normally.
Why does the cell phone fingerprint reader fail?
Different factors cause the fingerprint reader to malfunction , or not at all, such as:
- Have wet fingers
- May the reader be dirty
- When the phone is dropped on the floor, it may cause it to stop working until the next restart.
- Have dry and wrinkled skin
- Fingerprint reader is full of dust and dirt
All the factors that make the fingerprint reader cannot be used, and before doing the process of how to remove the fingerprint from WhatsApp shown above, you can try avoiding all the factors already mentioned.
Since the benefits of having our conversations with an extra security regime always come in handy, we should be more or less careful with our privacy. Now that you know how to remove the fingerprint from WhatsApp, we are waiting for you with more tutorials on our website.
