How to Change the Group Admin on WhatsApp on Android

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Last Updated: September 24, 2019 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to make a participant a group admin in a WhatsApp group chat conversation, using Android. You have to be an admin to make somebody else an admin as well.

Steps

1
Open WhatsApp Messenger. The WhatsApp icon looks like a green speech bubble with a telephone in it.
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Tap the CHATS tab. If WhatsApp opens up to a different page, open your CHATS tab to see a list of all personal and group conversations you're a part of.
3
Tap on a group chat conversation. This will open the group chat in full screen.
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Tap the three vertical dots icon. It's located in the upper-right corner of your screen. This is your chat menu button, and it will open a drop-down menu of options including Group info, Group media, Search, Mute, and More.
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Tap Group info. This option will be at the top of the drop-down menu. It will open the info page for the group chat conversation. Here, you can see the group name, time of creation, and a list of all participants.
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Scroll down to the Participants section. This will be at the bottom of your Group info page. It will show a list of everybody in this group chat.
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Tap and hold on a participant. It will open a pop-up menu of options.
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Tap Make group admin. It will immediately grant this participant admin privileges in the group chat. An admin can add or remove participants in a group, and make other participants admins.