WhatsApp now has the feature automatically installed but you can remove it with one easy step. The messaging app has assured users that its blue circle is optional, despite being unremovable. is one of the world's largest messaging apps and it's built a huge range of users.

It confirmed a solution to the which you can remove, disable and stop entirely. The only way to do this is chat by chat which is the only way to remove the from your app.

says: "Advanced Chat Privacy is a new setting available in both chats and groups that helps prevent others from taking content outside of WhatsApp for when you may want extra privacy.

"When the setting is on, you can block others from exporting chats, auto-downloading media to their phone, and using messages for features.

"That way everyone in the chat has greater confidence that no one can take what is being said outside the chat."

Meanwhile, has confirmed that it can't see any message content.

Meta has attracted criticism following its roll-out of Meta AI in WhatsApp. It appears as its own chat, and will gradually work its way down your list of active conversations if you ignore its existence, reports Evening Standard.

When you engage , Meta says it "shares information with select partners so can offer relevant responses."

As such, it warns, "don't share information, including sensitive topics, about others or yourself that you don't want the Al to retain and use."

is a generative AI assistant found across Meta's services, including WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram.

It is similar to chatbots like ChatGPT and Google Gemini - it can reply to users' prompts, answer questions and even identify the details of photos.

can also edit images, allowing you to remove unwanted objects or revamp the photo too, and generate pictures too.