Help · Protection and privacy

What is panic mode?

Panic mode hides the ordinary text on your screen. The other person receives nothing different.

Step by step

  1. Open the menu and tap „Settings“.
  2. Turn on „Panic mode“ so that the gestures work.
  3. Open the chat.
  4. Find the top bar with the name.
  5. Tap it three times quickly, one after another.
  6. It works on the name, the „Back“ button, or the avatar.
  7. The avatar is the photo next to the name.
  8. Or shake the phone hard.
  9. The shaking works in the app.
  10. Only the coded view stays on the screen.

How you come back

  1. Tap the bar three times quickly again.
  2. Confirm with your face, finger, or the profile password.
  3. In the app, a face or a finger is asked first.
  4. That is if the phone has it.
  5. If there is none, or you refuse, the password comes.
  6. The screen is called „Unlocking“.
  7. There it says to enter the account password.
  8. Tap „Unlock“.
  9. In the browser a password is typed.

Good to know

  • The ordinary text stays hidden until you leave.
  • On the screen it may say „Panic mode“.
  • No different message goes to the other person.
  • The three taps also work in the browser.
  • The gestures are the three taps and the shaking.
  • You can stop them from the same settings.
  • Stopping them does not take you out of the current view.
  • While you are inside, the media from the ⋮ menu is hidden.
  • On a first chat, a short window may appear.
  • It explains the same mode.
  • This mode does not delete keys.
  • It does not delete the history either.
  • On a wrong password it says „Wrong password“.

See also

Last change: 22 October 2026.