Table of contents:
- How to block a contact
- How to block an unknown number
- What does it mean to block a contact?
- What can blocked contacts see about me?
- If I block a user, do I remove them from my mobile?
- Can a blocked contact know that I have blocked them?
- Suddenly I can't see a contact's photo, has he blocked me?
- Can I call a person who has blocked me?
- What if I'm in a group with the contact I've blocked?
- How to unblock a contact
WhatsApp offers the ability to block a contact you don't want to talk to for whatever reason. If you are the one who blocks, there is no problem, because you know which contacts you have blocked. But what if you're the one they've blocked? The application does not clearly show that this or that contact has blocked you, so we always have the question of whether they have blocked us or if they simply do not want to answer us. However, there are some indicators that a contact has blocked us on WhatsApp
Since this is a function that raises many doubts, both for those who think about using it and for those who suffer from it, we are going to try to answer 10 of the most common questions about blocking contacts in WhatsApp.
How to block a contact
The first thing we are going to see is how to block a contact. It is a very simple task, we just have to follow the following steps:
- Open WhatsApp, touch More options > Settings
- Tap Account > Privacy > Blocked contacts. Once here, click on Add and search and select the contact you want to block
Another way to block a contact is from the chat that we have with him/her. We have these two options:
- Open the chat with the contact, then tap More options > More > Block > BLOCK or REPORT & BLOCK to report and block the number
- Open the chat with the contact, touch their name > Block > BLOCK
How to block an unknown number
Blocking an unknown number is even easier:
- Open the WhatsApp chat with the unknown number
- Touch BLOCK
- Tap BLOCK or REPORT & BLOCK, to report and block the number
What does it mean to block a contact?
Once a contact is blocked we will not receive messages, calls or status updates from that contact. They will not be displayed on our phone either.
What can blocked contacts see about me?
Blocked contacts will not be able to see your last time information, online status updates, or changes to your profile picture .
If I block a user, do I remove them from my mobile?
The action of blocking someone does not remove the user from your contact list or from the mobile contact book. To delete a contact, you must do it from your device's contact book.
Can a blocked contact know that I have blocked them?
WhatsApp does not notify the contact that they have been blocked, but, as we have mentioned before, there are some indications that will tell your contact that they have been blocked.
For example, all messages sent to a contact that has blocked us remain with a single tick (message sent) but never the second tic appears (indicating the delivery of the message).
Suddenly I can't see a contact's photo, has he blocked me?
It is very possible. One way to find out if someone has blocked us is precisely to review the contact's profile photo. If we could usually always see the image and Suddenly the default WhatsApp image appears, there is a good chance that this person has blocked us.
However, not seeing the photo does not always mean that we have been blocked It is possible that the person has configured WhatsApp in such a way that only your contacts can see your profile photo. If we don't see it, it could be simply because you don't have us in your contact list.
Can I call a person who has blocked me?
Another indicator that a contact has blocked us is the impossibility of making calls to this contact. Obviously we are referring to calls through the messaging application.
What if I'm in a group with the contact I've blocked?
The blocking of WhatsApp contacts is a function that allows us to protect our privacy. But we must bear in mind that we are dealing with a messaging application, so this function cannot affect other users.
If you are in a group with the contact you want to block, we have bad news. This contactwill be able to continue to see what you write in her group, just as you will be able to continue to see what he or she posts in the group.
So the only way to see absolutely nothing of this contact is to leave that group. We can also silence the notifications of that contact and that the mobile does not notify us if it names us, but that will not prevent it from doing so.
How to unblock a contact
If we have blocked a contact by mistake or we have solved the problem we had with the person we have blocked, most likely we want to unblock that contact . We tell you how to do it:
- In WhatsApp, go to More options > Settings
- Click on Account > Privacy > Contacts blocked
- Touch the name of the contact you want to unblock
- Tap Unblock {contact}
Alternatively, we can search for the blocked contact, touch and hold the contact, and touch Unblock {contact}.
From now on you and your contact will be able to exchange messages and calls again, as well as see their status updates. Of course, we must take into account a couple of important things.
If we unblock a contact we won't receive any messages, calls, or status updates that contact sent us while they were blockedWe will only receive new notifications that occur after being unlocked.
On the other hand, if we unblock a contact or phone number that we had not previously saved in our mobile's contact book, we will no longer be able to restore it to our device .
We hope that with these 10 questions and answers about blocking contacts on WhatsApp it has become clearer to you what we can and cannot do when we decide to block a contact or when someone decides to block us.
