You have just installed SecXChat — welcome. Before you dive into chatting, five quiet minutes of setup will save you hours later. This checklist walks through the ten things worth doing first, in order. No jargon, no rush, just the settings that make the app yours.
1. Sign up with your phone number and PIN
SecXChat needs only a phone number and a PIN — no password, no email account. Enter your number, confirm the code that arrives, and choose a PIN you will remember. Your PIN is the key to your account, so pick something that is not your birth year or 1234. Our sign-up guide walks through every step.
2. Set your name and profile photo
Open your profile and add your name and a photo. Your contacts will recognise you at a glance, and groups will feel friendlier. You can change either one later, any time — nothing here is permanent. See our guide to setting up your profile.
3. Lock the app with a PIN
Turn on the app lock from Settings. From then on, SecXChat asks for your PIN before opening — so a borrowed phone never means a read chat. It takes thirty seconds to switch on and protects every conversation you will ever have. Our app lock guide shows how.
4. Schedule your chat backup
This is the one people skip and later regret. Go to Settings, then Chats, then Chat backup, and pick a schedule — daily suits most people. You get 20 GB free, or 100 GB as a SecX Verified user, and the app backs up your chats on its own, even when closed. Read our full explanation of backup schedules if you want the details.
5. Check your notifications
Decide what buzzes and what does not. Keep message notifications on, choose your tone, and try replying from a notification — you can answer a message without opening the app. If a chat is too noisy, mute it instead of leaving it. Our guide to replying from notifications explains the shortcuts.
6. Find your contacts
SecXChat shows you which of your contacts already use the app. Add the people you talk to every day, and send the first "hello" — a short voice note is warmer than a typed one. Our guide to finding and adding contacts covers it step by step.
7. Say hello to SecX AI
Open the SecX AI chat and ask it something — anything. "Draft a message to my friend." "Summarise this long chat." "Create an image of a sunset over the sea." The assistant answers in real time, and trying it once is the fastest way to understand what it can do. See the full AI assistant guide.
8. Try a voice note and a status
Record a voice note to a friend — press, lock, talk, send — and post your first status, a photo or a few words about your day. These two features are the heart of everyday SecXChat, and both take seconds to try. Our voice notes guide and status guide have the details.
9. Learn view-once and delete for everyone
Before you need them, know they exist. View-once photos burn after opening, so a private picture does not sit in someone's gallery. Delete for everyone removes a message from both sides if you sent it by mistake. Both are one tap away — our guides to view-once media and deleting messages explain how.
10. Choose your look
Finally, make it yours. Pick a theme, set a chat wallpaper, and choose the app icon you like. SecXChat is yours to style — the theme and icon guide and the wallpaper guide show every option.
What you can skip for now
Not everything needs doing on day one, and a calm setup is better than a rushed one. You can skip SecX Verified for now — the blue tick is for people who need it, and the app works fully without it. You can skip the deeper settings, like notification tones per chat, until you know which chats matter most to you. You can skip the built-in browser's saved logins until there is a site you visit every day. And you can skip the community — posting, groups and channels will still be there next week. Do the ten steps above, send your first messages, and let the rest wait until you have a reason for it. SecXChat rewards the patient setup, not the frantic one.
The short version
Sign up, set your profile, lock the app, schedule a backup, check notifications, find your contacts, meet SecX AI, try a voice note and a status, learn view-once and delete, and pick your look. Ten small steps, five minutes — and SecXChat is set up properly, safely, and in your style, from day one.
