Among the security and privacy options provided by the WhatsApp application, there is the option to block and report a contact . This can be used to protect the privacy of an account, but has the consequence that the content of that profile cannot be seen again: including the statuses that profile posts .
Can You See the States of Someone Blocked in WhatsApp?
That said, although it is a rather annoying process and requires at least another account to be available: you can continue to view the statuses of a contact after having blocked them (under certain conditions).
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- What WhatsApp states can you continue to see normally?
- You can see the statuses published before the blocking
- What happens to the new statuses of the user you blocked?
- How can you see someone’s statuses without unblocking them?
- Use another WhatsApp account
- You can open a new account using an emulator
- Dual messaging allows you to have another account on your mobile
What WhatsApp states can you continue to see normally?
The states of the rest of the contacts can continue to be displayed without any problem, even if contacts are shared with the blocked account. In addition, the user who has been blocked cannot view the stories of the blocking user, it will be necessary to configure the privacy of the account to prevent contacts and other users from seeing the stories of a profile.
You can see the statuses published before the blocking
If you need to see a WhatsApp status of a profile instead of monitoring it regularly, then the easiest thing to do is to view the status and then block the user . The problem is that after the blockade there will be certain changes.
What happens to the new statuses of the user you blocked?
The states that the user publishes after being blocked will not be visible under any circumstances. Once a user has been blocked it is not possible to see any of their posts again, at least not from the account used to block the user .
How can you see someone’s statuses without unblocking them?
There is a way to bypass the block and view content posted by another user. To do this, you will need to create another WhatsApp account and add the blocked user as a contact in said account: that way you can view the content you publish again.
Use another WhatsApp account
Using the second account, it is possible to add the blocked user as a contact to view their profile and stories (as long as the second account is not blocked). To use this second account, it is not necessary to use another mobile phone.
You can open a new account using an emulator
It is possible to install the Google Play Store on a computer using an emulator . As its name indicates, emulators are applications that simulate an Android device inside the computer. Thanks to these applications it is possible to use exclusive applications for mobile devices on a PC or laptop, for example, video games or messaging applications such as WhatsApp .
It is from this “new mobile device” where you can open a second WhatsApp account (it will also be necessary to have a second phone number to create the account). The WhatsApp application executed from an emulator will work exactly the same as if it were used on a mobile device, so it will be possible to view the states without any inconvenience.
Dual messaging allows you to have another account on your mobile
While an emulator is quite a handy option, on low-powered computers these applications may not work efficiently. If the device has the option of activating dual messaging, multiple accounts of the same messaging application can be used on the same terminal: such as the WhatsApp application.
This function can be activated from the mobile device settings, however, it is not really necessary. As soon as the app is installed , the device will automatically create a duplicate version of the app to use two accounts on the same device. The way to differentiate the main app from the duplicate app is that the duplicate app will display a banner on both the icon and the screen.
In summary, it is clear that the option to block is not an infallible method to prevent users from viewing the profiles or states of others. However, the user can shield his account to prevent these tricks from working with him.
From the Settings> Privacy options in the WhatsApp application, you can make it so that only contacts can see the statuses that are published. If the user configures his profile in this way, not even using a second account will it be possible to view his status.
