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Hides “Delete chat” and “Clear chat” in WhatsApp Web's right-click chat menu. Works in 11 languages. Developer: x.com/CgrShn A Chrome extension that hides the “Delete chat” and “Clear chat” options in the menu opened by right-clicking the chat area in WhatsApp Web, so you no longer risk deleting a whole conversation when you only meant to delete one message. ────────────────────────────── INSTALLATION 1. Click “Add to Chrome” on this page, then choose “Add extension” in the window that opens. 2. If you have a WhatsApp Web tab open, refresh it (F5). The extension does not work in a tab that was opened before it was installed. To avoid keeping any data, the extension has no on/off switch (it does not even store whether it is on or off), so it always works once installed. If you temporarily turn the extension off or back on, refresh the WhatsApp tab. Until you refresh, the tab keeps its previous state. ────────────────────────────── WHAT IT DOES The problem: “Delete” and “Delete chat” are almost in the same place On WhatsApp Web you usually delete a message you sent yourself. You right-click the message, and at the bottom of the message menu there is “Delete”, which deletes only that message. If the mouse slips a little and the right-click lands next to the message, on an empty spot in the chat, WhatsApp opens the chat menu instead of the message menu. This menu also opens in almost the same place, downward from the mouse pointer. The two menus look very much alike, and both have a delete option with a trash icon at the bottom: “Delete” in the message menu, “Delete chat” in the chat menu (with “Clear chat” right above it). Clicking the bottom option out of habit can delete the whole chat instead of a single message. With the extension The extension hides “Clear chat” and “Delete chat” in the chat menu opened by right-clicking the chat area. The message menu stays as it is. When you right-click a message, “Delete” is still at the bottom. If the chat menu opens by mistake, there is no option at its bottom that deletes or clears the chat. Supported languages The extension works when WhatsApp Web is used in one of these 11 languages: Arabic, English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), Russian, Spanish and Turkish. If WhatsApp is used in another language, the options are not hidden. Deleting a chat on purpose The extension hides the options only in the chat menu opened by right-clicking. If you want to delete or clear a chat on purpose, two ways remain unchanged: • The three-dot menu at the top of the chat: When the same chat menu is opened with this button, “Clear chat” and “Delete chat” are there. • The chat list on the left: Both options are in the menu opened by right-clicking a chat or with the arrow that appears when you hover over it. ────────────────────────────── PRIVACY: THE EXTENSION READS NO DATA AND STORES NOTHING, NOT EVEN ON YOUR DEVICE The extension contains no running code. It only adds a stylesheet that hides the options to the WhatsApp page. The extension reads nothing on the WhatsApp page: not your messages, not your contacts, not phone numbers, not chat names. It does not even read the names of the options in the right-click menu. It does not listen to your clicks or keystrokes. It saves nothing and sends no data anywhere. Since the extension has no settings, it does not even store any information of its own. • How it hides without reading anything: When WhatsApp Web opens, Chrome adds the ready-made rules in the extension's stylesheet to the page. In short, the rules say: “In the chat menu opened by right-clicking, do not show the options named ‘Delete chat’ and ‘Clear chat’.” Chrome's own rendering engine applies the rules. The extension has no running code. • Stores nothing: The extension has no settings, no popup and no background code. It does not request Chrome's storage permission and writes no information to the browser. • Listens to nothing: It does not listen to clicks, right-clicks or keys on the page. It does not wait for messages from Chrome or anywhere else. It takes nothing from the WhatsApp page and communicates with nothing else. • No connection to the internet: There is no rule in the stylesheet that loads anything from the internet. It has no server, no account and no usage statistics. It does not download code from outside. Chrome's extension rules (Manifest V3) do not allow it. • Where it runs: It runs only on web.whatsapp.com and cannot access other sites. It requests no permissions. What does Chrome show? The extension only adds stylesheet rules to the page and reads nothing from the page. On the extension's “Details” page, the Permissions section says “This extension requires no special permissions”. web.whatsapp.com also appears in the Site access section. How can you check it yourself? 1. The extension's files are in its open source repository on GitHub (link below). The extension has no JavaScript file. The only file added to the WhatsApp page is a short, commented stylesheet: icerik.css. A developer or an AI model can read it in a few minutes. 2. On the chrome://extensions page, click the extension's “Details” button. The Permissions section says “This extension requires no special permissions”. ────────────────────────────── THIRD-PARTY COMPONENTS The extension does not depend on any third-party package. ────────────────────────────── This extension is not affiliated with WhatsApp or Meta and is not developed or endorsed by them. Source code: https://github.com/SCgrS/WhatsApp-Web-Icin-Sohbeti-Sil-Gizleyici Questions and feedback: https://x.com/CgrShn License: AGPL-3.0.