WhatsApp is among the most popular social media messaging platforms. It has nearly three billion users worldwide, so everyone you know who owns a smartphone may use WhatsApp. In fact, after the Covid-19 pandemic, WhatsApp became an incredibly important part of our lives. From education to work, family, and friends, almost our entire social lives shifted to WhatsApp. Of course, dating was not going to be left behind.
All the bad news only resulted in people feeling lonelier and more hopeless. Potential friendships and relationships might be initiated through Bumble and Tinder, but WhatsApp was where things became serious. And in most cases, WhatsApp saved many relationships.
However, in some matches that weren’t meant to be, WhatsApp was also used to end communication swiftly. Yes, it feels bad to be ghosted by someone, but it should generally be taken as a sign to move on. The other person knows you’ll be hurt if they ghost you, and they still do it, right? Isn’t that closure enough to not give them any more importance anymore?
In today’s blog, we’ll discuss whether or not you can see someone’s WhatsApp status if they’ve blocked you.
Can You See Someone’s Whatsapp Status If They Block You?
When you give someone your WhatsApp contact, you give them access to you anytime. And while the same can be said about giving a phone number, that’s not how it works.
Think about it: you give someone your phone number, and they call you at an inconvenient time. You cannot pick up the phone, so there’s no way for you to let them know you’re busy or engaged. Also, you won’t be able to talk to them unless you have adequate time for a conversation.
WhatsApp, on the other hand, works quite differently. Even if you’re busy, you can always text someone a few minutes later. After all, texting is a reply rather than a conversation.
Therefore, you can carry out a text thread every day even if you can’t talk to them even once on the phone. And everyone knows this. We all have busy lives, but we still have our phones 24/7, so we’ll also know when someone is avoiding us.
Getting back to the point, WhatsApp contact is a declaration that the relationship between the two people has undergone at least one level of development. So, all users should know the basic functions of the platform, or they’ll always be stuck with a subpar user experience.
Don’t worry; we’re here to help you, and that’s what we’ll do.
Let’s go back to your initial question: Can you see someone’s WhatsApp status if they block you? Well, the answer is no. Blocking someone is a serious move on any social media platform, WhatsApp included. So, if someone blocks you, you can’t see their WhatsApp status anymore.
In addition, you won’t be able to see their profile picture, bio, or last seen. All the messages you send them won’t be delivered, just sent. A single grey tick under the messages sent to them will confirm that. Lastly, your audio and video calls won’t go through.
However, all of these indicators could be coincidental events. WhatsApp is a large social media platform that protects its users’ privacy. So, there will be no outright indicators that someone has blocked you, nor will you receive any notifications.
Let’s talk about what happens when you block someone on WhatsApp
First off, they won’t be able to send you messages anymore. Any messages they try to send will remain on their smartphone with a single tick. They also won’t be able to video or audio call you. Your profile picture, bio, last seen, and WhatsApp status will automatically disappear from their account.
However, you’ll still see their messages in a WhatsApp group. If you don’t wish to talk to someone, it would be best for you to exit all mutual groups.
Blocking someone also doesn’t delete their contact; you’ll need to do that from your phone’s address book. Until then, they’ll appear in the Blocked Contacts section on WhatsApp.
Now, you’re well aware of what happens when you block someone. So, do you want to try it, too?
Here’s how to block someone on WhatsApp
Step 1: Launch WhatsApp on your smartphone. Scroll down the Chats page, and locate and tap on their chat.
Step 2: At the screen’s top-right corner, you’ll see the icon of three dots arranged vertically. Tap on it.
Step 3: On the menu that appears, tap on More with a right-facing arrow beside it. On the next menu, tap on Block. Do the same on the confirmation message that follows.
Now you know exactly how to block a user on WhatsApp quickly.
Here’s how to unblock a user on WhatsApp
There are a few methods of unblocking a user on WhatsApp. Today, we’ll discuss the method, which involves going to the Blocked Contacts section so that you can locate it later.
Step 1: Launch WhatsApp on your smartphone and log in to your account.
Step 2: You’ll see the three dots icon at the top right. Tap on it, and a drop-down menu will appear.
Step 3: On that menu, tap on the last option called Settings. On the next page, locate and tap on the third option, Privacy.
Step 4: Scroll down to the bottom of the Privacy page and locate and tap on Blocked Contacts.
Step 5: You’ll see a list of all contacts you’ve blocked. Tap on the person you wish to unblock, tap Yes on the confirmation message, and you’re great to go!
Let’s say that you want someone not to watch your WhatsApp story but, at the same time, can’t simply block them. In such cases, all you need is to make changes to your Status updates viewers’ list, and you’ll be good to go!
Here’s how to edit your WhatsApp status viewers’ list
Step 1: Launch WhatsApp on your smartphone. The first screen is your Chats page. Swipe left to go to the Status tab.
Step 3: Locate and tap on the three dots icon at the top right. From the drop-down list, tap on Status privacy.
Step 5: Here, you can choose the visibility of your future status updates. You can show them to all of your contacts (My contacts), only show them to a few of your contacts (Only share with…), or hide them from a few of your contacts (My contacts except…).
Here’s how to turn off read receipts on WhatsApp
Lastly, let’s discuss this related topic: can you watch someone’s WhatsApp status update without them finding out about it? Well, the answer is yes, you can!
All you need is to turn off your read receipts. After that, no one will know if you’ve seen their story or read their messages. However, this goes both ways: you won’t see your story viewers’ list anymore or know if others have read your message.
If this might work, read on to learn how to do it!
Follow steps 1 through 3 from the last section.
Step 4: Scroll down on the Privacy page to locate the Read receipts optionwith a toggle button next to it. Turn it off, and your read receipts won’t be visible anymore.
In the end
As we end this blog, let’s recap all we’ve discussed today.
If someone blocks you on WhatsApp, we know how much that can hurt. However, you cannot see their status updates after being blocked; it goes entirely against WhatsApp’s privacy policy.
We’ve also discussed blocking and unblocking a user, editing your WhatsApp updates viewers’ list, and turning off read receipts.
If our blog has helped you, don’t forget to tell us all about it in the comments below!
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