Would you like to disable the display of the statuses on WhatsApp of specific people but you don’t know how to do it? Would you like to avoid showing your statuses on the popular messaging app to nosy friends and family, but haven’t found the right option to do so? If the answer to at least one of these questions is yes, don’t worry: you’ve come to the right place at the right time!
With today’s guide, in fact, I will explain how to block states on WhatsApp by providing you with all the information you need to succeed in your intent. First, I’ll show you the detailed procedure to disable other people’s statuses, thus avoiding viewing them in the appropriate section of WhatsApp. Next, you will also find instructions for hiding your statuses from specific contacts.
If that’s exactly what you wanted to know and you can’t wait to put my instructions into practice, let’s not waste any more precious time and see how to proceed. All you have to do is set aside five minutes of free time and dedicate yourself to reading the next paragraphs. By doing so, I assure you that you will be able to deactivate the statuses on WhatsApp without encountering any kind of problem. Let it bet?
Index
- How to block other people’s WhatsApp statuses
- How to block a person’s WhatsApp status
How to block other people’s WhatsApp statuses
If your intention is to block the status of specific contacts on WhatsApp , all you have to do is access the Status section of the famous messaging application for Android devices (also available on the official website , as an APK file ) and iPhone , select the contact you do not want to see the status of and choose the option to disable the display.
Before proceeding, however, you must know that to block (and also to reactivate) the status of a person it is necessary that the latter has published at least one in the last 24 hours. Otherwise, it will not be possible to deactivate the display until the user in question publishes a new status.
That said, to block other people’s WhatsApp statuses on Android , take your smartphone, start WhatsApp and press the Status item located in the top menu. Now, in the Recent Updates or Visited Updates sections , locate the person whose status you don’t want to see and tap their name to open their latest status. In the new screen that appears, tap on the three dots icon , at the top right, and select the Disable option from the menu that opens.
Once this is done, on the Disable updates to the status of [name] screen , press the Disable button and that’s it.
If, on the other hand, you want to block the statuses on WhatsApp iPhone , you must know that the procedure is almost identical to the one I just indicated to disable the display of a person’s status on Android.
Again, access the Status section of your WhatsApp account, by tapping on the relevant option located in the menu below, open the status of the person of your interest (by pressing on their name ), tap on the three dots icon , in top right, and select the Disable option twice in a row
If you change your mind, no matter what device you have, you can turn the status display back on at any time. To do this, click on the Status item , tap the Updates disabled option and click on the name of the person you want to “unblock”.
Now, tap on the three dots icon , at the top right, select the Activate option from the menu that opens and, in the new screen displayed, press again on the Activate item , to reactivate the display of the statuses published by the person in question .
Finally, I would like to point out that it is not possible to block the statuses on WhatsApp of other people from a computer , neither using the WhatsApp client for Windows and macOS nor by accessing WhatsApp Web , the Web version of the famous messaging service. To learn more, I leave you to my guide on how WhatsApp status works .
How to block a person’s WhatsApp status
If you are wondering if it is possible to block a person’s WhatsApp status , i.e. prevent a specific contact from viewing your statuses, you will be glad to know that the answer is yes. In fact, it is sufficient to access the WhatsApp Status section , press on the privacy option and select the people to whom to prevent the viewing of the published statuses.
To proceed, if you have an Android device , press on the Status item located in the top menu, tap on the three dots icon located at the top right and select the Status Privacy option from the opened menu. Now, put the check mark next to My contacts except and, in the new screen that appears, select the people you want to hide your statuses from. Then press the ✓ button and that’s it.
To block WhatsApp status display on iPhone , start the app in question, press on the Status item located in the bottom menu and, in the new screen displayed, tap on the Privacy option located at the top left. Now, near the item Who can see my updates , select the My contacts except option , put the check mark next to the name of the contacts you want to exclude from view and press the Done button to save the changes.
Alternatively, if you want to allow viewing only to specific people, after selecting the Status Privacy / Privacy option , choose the Share only with item , put the check mark next to the people of your interest and press the ✓ button (or on the Done option , if you have an iPhone), to change the privacy settings related to the display of your statuses.
If you change your mind, the procedure for allowing someone you previously blocked to view your statuses again is almost the same as for deactivating. All you have to do, in fact, is to access the Status and Privacy sections of the status / Privacy of WhatsApp and press on the option My contacts except .
At this point, if you have an Android device , remove the check mark next to the person you previously blocked, press the ✓ button to save the changes and tap the End item to return to the Status section . On the iPhone , on the other hand, press the X button for the person to “unlock” and tap on the Done option .
Finally, I would like to point out that even in this case it is not possible to block the display of your statuses from the computer . In fact, by accessing the Status section from the WhatsApp client for Windows and macOS or from WhatsApp Web, you can only view the statuses published by other users.
