{"id":54044,"date":"2021-04-23T18:06:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T10:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=54044"},"modified":"2021-04-23T15:06:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T07:06:45","slug":"whatsapp-downgrade-group-admin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/whatsapp-downgrade-group-admin\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Downgrade a Group Admin in WhatsApp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What do you \u2014 as an admin\u2013 do when <strong>you want to demote another admin<\/strong>? Earlier, it was necessary to remove the admin from the group in order to demote him or her. Then, you needed adding him again if you wanted him back in the group.<\/p>\n<p>Now, WhatsApp has since made it a lot easier.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/whatsapp-tips-tricks\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: 20 WhatsApp Tips & Tricks\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">20 WhatsApp Tips & Tricks<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/whatsapp-tips-tricks.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-19367 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/whatsapp-tips-tricks.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">20 WhatsApp Tips & Tricks<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhatsApp has been getting new awesome features to make messaging a breeze for users. While its use is...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Here\u2019s how it works:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open a group inside WhatsApp <strong>&gt;<\/strong> click on the group\u2019s name.<\/li>\n<li>Under the <strong>Participants<\/strong>, long-tap the admin you wish to demote.<\/li>\n<li>You\u2019ll see a new option named \u201c<strong>Dismiss as admin<\/strong>\u201d <strong>&gt;<\/strong> click it to demote the selected administrator without removing him from the group itself.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> You can\u2019t remove the admin who has created the group itself. It\u2019s quite certain, right? 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