Need to search for messages in a WhatsApp group from a specific sender name or number? This tutorial will show you how.
WhatsApp groups can grow to be super complex, with thousands of messages by many users. Sometimes, you just know that it was something Frank posted, around April – but how do you find Frank’s messages without all the clutter?
WhatsApp does not provide an option to search by user (and other search capabilities are unfortunately lacking, as well). Fortunately, there is a better way – using WHAMetrics.
Once a group is added to WHAMetrics, you can search the messages in that group by sender, by keyword, by date and many other parameters. Messages from Frank in April? Here they are!
Let’s see how that works:
Yes. Since WHAMetrics keeps a backup of your messages, you can even search messages that have since been deleted!
Yes, you can. Simply enter the number you want (or part of a number) above the “Phone” column, to search for all messages from that number.