How to Block Contacts on WhatsApp?

Blocking someone on WhatsApp is straightforward. Once blocked, the person cannot send you messages or see your last seen status, profile photo, or updates. To block a contact, go to the chat with the person you want to block, tap on their name at the top of the chat screen, scroll down, and select "Block Contact." This action ensures that they remain unable to contact you through WhatsApp [3:1].

Deleting Contacts While Keeping Them Blocked

You can delete a contact from your phone's contacts list without affecting their blocked status on WhatsApp. This requires deleting the number via your phone's Contacts app rather than through WhatsApp itself. Once deleted from your phone contacts, the blocked person will still appear in your WhatsApp block list, but only as a phone number instead of a contact name [1:1][5:1].

Privacy Settings

While blocking prevents someone from messaging you, it does not hide the fact that you have WhatsApp installed. Anyone with your number saved can see you have a WhatsApp account. However, you can adjust privacy settings to control who sees your online status. Go to Settings > Privacy > Last Seen & Online to configure these options [3:7][2:1].

Limitations of Blocking

Blocking a contact on WhatsApp does not prevent them from contacting you through other apps or services. Each platform operates independently, so if someone has your phone number, they can potentially reach out via other messaging apps unless you block them there too [4:2].

Alternative Communication Apps

If privacy concerns persist, consider using alternative communication apps that offer more robust privacy features or allow better control over who can see your activity. Apps like Signal, Telegram, or Facebook Messenger might provide different privacy configurations that suit your needs [3:8].

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Is it not possible to delete someone from your contact list after blocking them?

Posted by dvniellv · in r/whatsapp · 1 month ago

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Hi everyone, apologies if this is a dumb question. I recently blocked someone on whatsapp and would like to remove them from my contacts list, but when I go into my contacts and tap their name, it simply asks me to unblock them in order to message them. I wouldn’t like to message them, just delete them from my regular list of contacts, but I’m not sure how to do this while keeping them blocked if it’s asking me to unblock them in order to go to their profile.

I would rather have them blocked than simply delete their number and have them be able to contact me again, so I’m scared unblocking them and deleting their contact would just take them off from my list before I could block them again.

Is there any way to work around this? Thank you!

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Mcby · 1 month ago

When you say you "go into your contacts", what exactly are you doing? You need to delete their number via the Contacts app on your phone, not via WhatsApp, and that shouldn't prompt anything to do with blocking or unblocking them.

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dvniellv · OP · 1 month ago

Ohhhh I see now, thank you so much haha that’s obvious in retrospect. I just deleted their regular contact from my regular contact app and it worked. Thanks!

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Am I allowed to store bad contacts too?

Posted by jidanni · in r/whatsapp · 6 months ago

Is WhatsApp the only app that assumes all the people in your contact list are good people and you don't store any bad people in that list?

So you must remove them from your phone's list if you don't want them to know that you are on whatsapp! Rather inflexible I would say.

Yes I know I can block them but I'm just talking about allowing them to know that I have them in my list. Blocking won't help there.

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KiraLight3719 · 6 months ago

Why are you blaming WhatsApp for that? If those "bad" people have your contact number, they can obviously contact you via WhatsApp. So either don't give them your number or block them! Also, this is the scenario for every app! If they have your contact number, they can obviously contact you! That's how it works in this universe! Even removing them from contact doesn't do anything, they will still be able to contact you if they have your number.

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jidanni · OP · 6 months ago

All I know is my phone, in order to not allow phone calls to come in from somebody, needs them to be blocked in Google contacts. So even if they don't have my phone number, but I have theirs, they'll suddenly see my name at least showing up on their phone, right?

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KiraLight3719 · 6 months ago

No obviously not, how can they? If they don't have your number, they can never know you're on WhatsApp

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Potential_Handle4270 · 6 months ago

You can configure who you want to see you online. You can exclude all the contacts in your calendar that you do not want to see that information and that's it.

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HotSnow75 · 6 months ago

So you must remove them from your phone's list if you don't want them to know that you are on whatsapp

You don't want them to know when you have the app open? Or you don't want them to know you have downloaded the app? If you don't want them to know when you are online.. you can change your privacy settings so they won't know. If you don't want them to know you have downloaded the app.. there's nothing you can do to prevent that. Anyone with your number saved, can see you have a WhatsApp account.

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Is there a way I can prevent people in my contacts list from seeing I use whatsapp?

Posted by Nexxus88 · in r/whatsapp · 2 years ago

Long story short my work uses it and tbh I dont wanna be involved with the work group chat. But i downloaded the app to keep in touch with someone else.

Now someone from my contacts from before messages me out of the blue on the app so clearly people with my number can see im on the app, so how can i prevent this?

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[deleted] · 2 years ago

Once they have WhatsApp installed and they have your number they'll know you're on the app. There's nothing you can do about it.

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Nexxus88 · OP · 2 years ago

Ugh.... Alright

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kwa187 · 2 years ago

Lol bad luck… might be worth deleting the app just so they don’t invite you into the group chat!

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Nexxus88 · OP · 2 years ago

I just blocked literally all of my contacts other then then person I got the app for.

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thegravity98ms2 · 2 years ago

can't you both use a different app than WhatsApp?

reddit, signal, fb messenger, telegram,...

P.s maybe telepathy ?

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qbl500 · 2 years ago

You must be very friendly!

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kwa187 · 2 years ago

Love it.

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AncestralSpirit · 2 years ago

Unfortunately that won’t stop them from seeing that you have WhatsApp installed. Blocking someone just implies they can’t ever contact you. But they will know lol.

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briefintermission · 3 months ago

why does anyone use this stupid app i hate that all of my contacts KNOW that i have it. i use it to communicate with ONE person, i don't want to use three different apps to talk to everyone, just text me!!! so annoying

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Remote_Manager3333 · 2 months ago

Texts from mobile carriers charges a fee or phone plans for using texts and calling. Whatsapp doesn't require mobile service. It uses free wifi hotspots or your home wifi.

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Kitchen_Internal_926 · 2 years ago

Settings 》privacy 》last seen and online

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AncestralSpirit · 2 years ago

That’s not what OP was asking though.

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If I block a number on my phone, can I still contact that person on WhatsApp?

Posted by patstoddard · in r/iphone · 6 years ago

Block on my phone meaning on the phone, not blocked through any apps.

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accursedvenom · 6 years ago

Why would you do that though?

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patstoddard · OP · 6 years ago

Basically blocking a number on my kids phone and wanted to make sure they couldn’t reach said person on WhatsApp or any similar app.

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shinkamui · 6 years ago

Thats simply not possible. Universally, these service providers don't share lists, so as an example, if you were able to block said person on WhatsApp, and your kid decides to chat with them on telegram, or allo (lol!), or facebook, or twitter, or WeChat, or steam, or discord, or insert dozens of other popular and common instant messaging / social media services, they won't be blocked. Most of the listed services don't even use the phone number as an identifier for contacts. You'll have to monitor the old fashioned way unfortunately.

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Midtown2 · 6 years ago

Yes you can contact him on whatsapp.

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If I block a contact in WhatsApp and delete them from my mobile contacts this person can still send me messages?

Posted by tinycuteflower · in r/whatsapp · 2 years ago

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[deleted] · 2 years ago

No, they stay on your block list but they appear as the actual phone number instead of the contact name

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tinycuteflower · OP · 2 years ago

thank you!

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How to block someone's IP/Only allow your contacts to be able to chat with you?

Posted by [deleted] · in r/whatsapp · 2 years ago

Hello people, I'm desperate

I've decided to stay away from someone I met a few months ago. He has always had a weird behavior I didn't notice until it was too late. Long story short he's emotionally unstable and I don't know how has developed a crush on me even though I rejected him and I already am in a relationship with my boyfriend, who is also very upset about the whole situation.

It's been 3 days and he keeps getting new numbers to write to me on whatsapp, every day between 12 and 4am

It's 5am and I'm so tired and scared to find how is he going to move next. A friend we have in common told me how he hacked another ex friend of him because she didn't want to talk to him anymore.

I don't know how many numbers he has nor if he's getting new ones each time. But I don't want him to be able to reach me through whatsapp and I don't want to change my number just because of this asshole

I appreciate any tips and help, thanks for reading

TL:DR crazy man writes me from multiple whatsapp accounts, I won't change my number, how can I stop his other accounts to be able to write to me?

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AncestralSpirit · 2 years ago

Unfortunately there’s no way to block incoming from unknown numbers. Like nothing can be done if he is doing it with multiple numbers. But if you keep blocking this person, eventually they will run out of numbers. It costs few dollars probably to get a new virtual number, so he can’t keep doing that forever. It takes you 1 second to block the number, and for him it takes like 5 minutes to create a new WhatsApp account. Just keep blocking is all I can suggest.

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[deleted] · 2 years ago

Ok :/ thanks a lot!

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greenhat90 · 2 years ago

Wow this sounds so scary I hope you get a solution soon

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Bloqueo y desbloqueo en whatsapp ¿lo ven los bloqueados?

Posted by Baphometrica · in r/mexico · 3 months ago

Banda, bloque a una persona y cuando desbloque, me apareció un mensaje de "desbloqueaste a este contacto". Mi pregunta es si a esa persona le aparece si la bloqueo y desbloqueo?

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Solid-Escape-3685 · 3 months ago

No, no se ve nada del otro lado pero si vuelve a aparecer tu foto de perfil de WhatsApp

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WhatsApp unblocking my contacts automatically.

Posted by Prideandpathet · in r/whatsapp · 4 years ago

Has it been happening to anyone else too?

I have been facing this problem with a particular contact for 6+ months now. I blocked them around Oct last year and every few weeks the contact gets unblocked by itself, and then blocked again the day itself, or a few later. All this while i thought "This contact has been unblocked" shows just because, without the number truly being unblocked, because i never got the chance to see it (before I could, it would be blocked again).

Now, I had also been checking JUST this contact all this while, so might not have noticed others..

TODAY, i noticed statuses from two numbers that i had surely blocked months ago. I was like ???? Went to check and they were unblocked by themselves, so I went to my blocklist and it was EMPTY!! I had about 200(TWO HUNDRED) blocked contacts!!

What's happening? This is not right. Or safe. Or good.

Is this just me? I didn't change number or phone or update or stuff.

[Proof] https://imgur.com/gallery/Eb6HHo5

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Mr_SleepyKoala · 1 month ago

Hi,

Habe das selbe Problem. Eine Frage... Benutzt ihr Apps, die Zugriff auf WhatsApp haben? Bspw... Status-, oder profilbild saver/creator oder ähnliches? Eventuell könnte das eine mögliche Ursache sein.

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Chamorrodecod0rniz · 3 months ago

En este momento me ha pasado lo mismo. Pero con anterioridad me he dado cuenta que me notifica incluso WA que hizo eso y nada, son personas indeseables. De seguir asi creo cambiaré de app

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Electrical-Horror479 · 3 months ago

Chicos sean 100% honestos, a alguien le esta pasando esto de verdad o son meras excusas? mi novio dice lo mismo que todos los comentarios, que fue automático y que el no lo ha hecho, pero ya no sé que creer. Debo saber si es un bug, ya que de eso depende si continuo con él o no. Agradecería mucho su ayuda🥺

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ElegantBook4494 · 7 days ago

Yo estaba blokeado y sin querer salió que estaba desblokeado lo cual encontre muy raro🤷‍♂️ y me puse a buscar hasta que llegué acá

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RainhaAnna24 · 10 days ago

It happened to me today and amazingly I had more than 700 contacts blocked on account 1. I'm stumped here. Whatsapp may have suddenly done this when it decided to create "save contact on WhatsApp" as I already have another number and also saved in the same email address book, it may have been the phone's calendar synchronization that automatically did this during the update. Result: WhatsApp 1 out of 700 blocked, now I have 74 which is the same number of blocked as my WhatsApp 2 account. As I also use the same email for both accounts, the unlocking may have come from this synchronization. A shame. I'm going to change the email on account 1 and deactivate the "save contacts on WhatsApp" option on both accounts, let's see if that works.

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Is there a way to completely loose a contact after blocking them on WhatsApp to avoid temptation to unblock?

Posted by emilxmf · in r/relationships · 5 years ago

My friend [22F] broke off with her BF [25M] about a month ago and wants to cut ties completely. She blocked him from WhatsApp (as he would try to contact her), but later on she caved and unblocked him, messaged him and regretted it. She wants to block him and not be able to unblock him again.

Is there a way to do this?

One option I thought of was to block a bunch of random numbers and change their contact names to random letters, but this will still show his profile picture on the blocked list.

tl;dr My friend wants to block her ex on WhatsApp and at the same time loose his contact to avoid temptation to message him.

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ariadnevirginia · 5 years ago

Delete his number from her phone, then he won't show up on WhatsApp. Delete not block.

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emilxmf · OP · 5 years ago

But won’t he then be able to message her?

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ariadnevirginia · 5 years ago

Block and Delete a Contact's Number

Locate the contact you want to block. Scroll to the bottom of the contact's info screen to touch “Block This Caller,” followed by “Block Contact.” Then, tap “Edit,” followed by “Delete Contact” to remove the person from your contacts.

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BrokenPaw · 5 years ago

> Is there a way to do this?

Yes. It's called making a choice and sticking to it.

There is no technical solution that can prevent her from reconnecting with him; if nothing else, if she really wants to find him again, she can create a whole new account and look him up.

Unless and until she wants to be quit of him so much that she chooses to stick with her decision not to reconnect, technology cannot help.

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