Stop Seeing Annoying WhatsApp Statuses!
Is your WhatsApp feed overflowing with statuses you’d rather not see? Are you tired of those constant updates from certain contacts? This guide shows you exactly how to regain control over your WhatsApp status feed. We’ll tackle various methods, providing clear step-by-step instructions for both Android and iPhone users.
Method 1: Blocking the Contact
This is the nuclear option, but it effectively prevents seeing any future statuses from the contact. Remember that WhatsApp, a powerful communication tool, offers many functionalities; Blocking entirely removes a contact’s presence in numerous ways, far exceeding just hiding their status.
What Blocking Does:
- Prevents viewing status updates.
- Silences all notifications from that contact (including text, calls and calls).
- Blocks other WhatsApp features –they can’t message, call, or add you a group conversation. (Important distinction).
How to Block on Android:
- Open WhatsApp and locate the problem contact’s chat.
- Tap their name at the top of the chat screen.
- Scroll down and tap “Block”.
- Confirm that you want to block the contact. You’ll see ‘Contact Blocked” as this operation verifies.
How to Block on iPhone:
- Open WhatsApp and go to their chat.
- Tap their name (the topic section at the top).
- Scroll to the bottom and tap “Block”.
- Confirm that you’re ready to implement (Block) as an imperative to finalize this function. Observe your Blocked Contacts list for confirmation.
Method 2: Archiving the Chat
Archiving provides a quieter way to evade unwanted statuses. This is an alternate to blocking without some of the negative effects described immediately below. It’s crucial here to contrast them for better understanding on which solution applies in your conditions.
Archiving vs. Blocking:
- Key Differences: Archiving simply hides the chat from your main list. Blocking completely cuts off all communication.
- When to Use Which: Archive for unwanted notices, without the severence that blocking creates. If you don’t want all interactions cut off, you choose this method.
- Impact on Notifications: With archival status updates will become unobtrusive notifications to a less noticeable area. Blocking stops all notifications.
Archiving on Android:
- Locate the chat that will be hidden (for a quiet but noticeable existence).
- Tap and hold on the particular chat conversation.
- Choose the “Archive” option from the accessible menu.
- Check your Archived chats section (“Archive” usually resides toward the bottom) to ensure successful archives on active screens. This feature is often used with multiple screens, therefore, is important for confirmation given its numerous use purposes.
- To retrieve (Un-Archive): Locate the required (Archived) chat by searching archive (usually on bottomost tab). Open and the topic of conversation would now resume to visible chats; or if required use menu’ (the action three-dot sign usually right above last active message), select “Unarchive”
Archiving on iPhone:
- Swipe left on that needed chat in the main Chats screen to locate this hidden function.
- A small “Archive” button appears in front (in a short menu of buttons.) Tap that to perform the task in question. A confirm message usually popups to the left but above such an interface but at same time, for notification, of archive. To check a successful function use an option or menu to access your Archive to search chat names. When this name appear, confirm function proceeded correctly then repeat as advised immediately below for completion of process, namely the return effect (to unarchive the selection). However, keep notes on screen.
3. Un-Archive To have this ‘recovered’ follow the instructions under step five in (Archieving for Android as explained earlier above). The end result, is this archived chat can now viewably interact (message or phone conversation interaction) in any main WhatsApp communication stream and activity.
Method 3: Muting the Contact
The subtle, short-term workaround! Muting is optimal to hide only statuses and no other notices. The key is remembering this mute conditionality for better control on which messages need silencing and/or which are needed. Note all muting functionalities and effects can be reversed quickly.. Muting’s use of simple short term measures, offer another powerful communication management means that also applies here.
Muting: A Subtle Approach:
- Temporary silence: A short-term functionality.
- Status updates: Remain completely unnoticed/silent. You only hear those you desire; it is optional, after all.
- Differences: Unlike blocking entirely or merely archiving/unarchival, muting is more fine tuning!
Muting on Android
- Locate that unwanted message contact, once more. Go to active Chat.
- Tap on their topic in the active message page/top section immediately visible onscreen .
- Look for and tap the “Mute” choice given in action menus listed within WhatsApp apps available onscreen menus,. Your screen may differ, refer to apps that apply, if this option requires extra step searches, find an app setting list to achieve this (usually listed by their titles or categories)
- Select how much your will disable sound options: 8 hrs or possibly by 1 week to other multiple days based on such options of availability then tap to affirm settings immediately onscreen as choices provided by said application (if needed).
Muting on iPhone:
- Locating the same way described under (Muting on ANDROID). Steps (Number 1) remain functionally same. Tap contact name.
- Locate this next step (‘the contact settings options’), available by its options visible to active screen. Using ‘Mute this Topic” will proceed towards settings to finalize desired action (mute).
3. (Similar to step four as in ‘Mute on Android’ above; note that similar selection steps also will apply here for selection if choice/screen’s interface differs in app).
Duration Options: It’s worth looking close to other multiple additional mute durations of settings available, other that only given 8 hurs mute or, by a single week interval available via phone app. Options that can allow muting for possibly “forever’ which simply means you must manually choose un-mute in order this setting for functionality reverses/recalls sound on again. Otherwise, remember this method has all ‘sound offs’-reversions on demand, making it far more convenient!
Method 4: Privacy Settings (Limited Control)
Understanding WhatsApp Privacy:
- Default Settings: WhatsApp defaults to sharing your ‘statuses’ with all your already existent “existing” contacts within phone list- contact. (Usually displayed under Privacy; which can also adjust ‘all or partially selection. The main setting in Privacy allows fine-tuning and adjusting who gets selected to avoid undesired statuses you cannot avoid, otherwise (if none selected/or nothing to select from in ‘your list’) all current active contacts will automatically have already viewed already posted statsu message; unless some modification exists during this period (after message postings occur).
- Who can even view existing status messages you post: You have ultimate choice/override choice to choose if/how these can even view what (in case privacy for your statuses that can change as well!)
- Limited impact: This only limits who views your statuses, rather than letting selective ignore the notification from particular contacts who already ‘view’ the messages originally available. Some messages (statuses for instance may be ‘sent’ to them after original sharing, that might appear under notification-messages that usually notify users what these changes even are!)This remains very convenient (if there was an intended need towards statuses of ‘non-viewers,’ instead in some privacy ‘setting modes’ where this would be different again.
Checking Your Privacy Settings:
(On Android): Go to WhatsApp menu option button via menu located near profile photo and go to “Settings” (found toward bottoms as ‘settings’, usually). Scroll to Privacy at top usually then select “Status.” Here you determine this overall control for who precisely can view/can already viewing such items (those being your existing statuses on feed, but already existing) Select one.
(On iPhone): Do similar by repeating options exactly listed above; for settings/privacy within android versions given within the instruction. That gives this similar user choice here (in apple setting; where selection of privacy means, again. you choice, what and who see your privacy already selected-settings-status that will only be now (if/when selected or changed) reflected towards such functionality within iOS mobile operational environment accordingly. Same steps should work as it does on ‘general level’ that is shared to all functional types from app; therefore instructions above and here, should work, to such effect from all mobile OS on both functional similar operational environment for most ‘phone mobile’ uses, usually.
Limitations: This process in particular only only impacts for your own personally posted statuses, that you posted, that ( you originally, before the changes post were made visible) were selectively-set choices for. it won’t allow your selective non-view that you already may have selected via such methods in either platform to only become later on “de-selected” that remains un-achievable (in normal settings changes/privacy changes via these methods available by normal default functions-methods using phone settings).
Choosing the Right Method for You
Comparing Methods: (Here is summary to what already explains above better with concise short, to note each’s qualities)
- Blocking: Total cutoff from their notifications.
- Archiving: Quiet hide; access remaining if required any later point..
- Muting: Silent for stated duration!
- Privacy Settings: Management of who sees on what types of statuses
Best Method for Situations: Think before picking. Blocking’s brutal , but other offer grace: you choice, carefully selected. Match option-quality with purpose as required. Sometimes you do have to ‘Block’.
Considering Relationship to Contact: Your’ closest friends and/or possibly only a family – member? Or a casual only? Muting and ignoring is always choice for less aggressive; then archival methods remain an often better-used route while. Archving works, quite well, as to even if this not necessary when there’s some special situation is better-handled by mute instead. Blocking (extreme function) should only needed * when no possible alternative choices offer some reasonable alternative towards managing unwanted contacts ( that also are unavoidable for reasons)
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Can I hide someone’s status without blocking them? Yes, archiving or muting can work as these are usually gentler options that mostly involve hiding that status feed activity messages, while having the contact status messaging’s functionality, generally visible whenever still required usually in later instances available.
Will they know I’ve hidden their status? No. With either of “normal-functioning” steps there (of how that hides that activity with message; archiving or mutig functions), to this very purpose), that does no cause of any type notification.
What if someone is accidentally blocked? Or needs contact urgently: Check contact listings on blocked screen; that can either only manually remove this ‘block’ status ( which recalls block setting entirely using that’ list), thus recalling contact entirely again. or with a ‘general remove’ within such lists if this is how app designed this ‘block’ function itself
Can I selectively hide statuses from some people or specifically select some names out using such lists: Yes, privacy adjustments. But not a completely thorough method across to the board either.
How multiple contacts might exist simultaneously: For every possible selection of statuses given, by applying functions above (mentioned, on a specific contact, by name,), this same will generally/similarly work for others with same contact names , given these have other name/unique names as their identifier in list.
Reclaim Your WhatsApp Peace!
This should let achieve peace! WhatsApp can really be helpful; it becomes a pain and/or an annoying contact to have managed properly, to even help (on that purpose).
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