The hassle of unread messages on WhatsApp is over, just one click and all the green dots will be cleared, know this secret setting.

By Samira Vishwas On Apr 26, 2026

News India Live, Digital Desk: Is there a pile of unread messages on your WhatsApp too? Often due to office meetings, traveling or busy life, we are not able to open many chats, due to which there is a flood of ‘green dots’ on the screen. Opening dozens of chats one by one is not only a waste of time, but it also causes a big headache. But now WhatsApp has brought such a cool feature, through which you can mark all the unread messages as ‘Read’ in just one click and make your screen completely clean.

No need to open chat again and again

The biggest advantage of this new update of WhatsApp is that you will not need to open every chat manually. The company has now made the ‘Mark all as read’ feature even more accessible. According to a Zee News report, this feature is especially a boon for those who are connected in hundreds of groups and feel stressed seeing the unread message count.

How to use WhatsApp on Web and mobile (Step-by-Step)

It is very easy to use this feature. Just follow these steps:

For WhatsApp Web:

First of all in your browser WhatsApp Web Open.

Be on top of chats list Three Dots (Menu) Click on.

here you ‘Mark all as read’ Option will appear, click on it.

Bus! All your chats will be marked ‘read’ at once.

For mobile app (Android/iOS):

of your whatsapp Settings got into.

Here Notifications Or privacy In the section (according to version) you will find ‘Clear Badge’ Or ‘Mark all as read’ Toggle button will be available.

After enabling it, your unread count will automatically reset as soon as you open the app.

AI summary feature is also being tested

Not only this, according to the latest updates of the year 2026, WhatsApp will now ‘Unread Chat Summary’ Also working on features. In this, Meta AI will give you a small summary of all those messages which you have not read. This means that now you do not need to read thousands of messages, AI will tell you what is important for you.