WhatsApp has several privacy features and one of the most useful ones is the one that allows you to wield the ultimate power – blocking someone who has annoyed you. However, the boot can be on the other foot too and you may well suffer the ignominy of being blocked on WhatsApp.
So, if you want to know who had the temerity to block you, then just read on. The WhatsApp blocked feature is available on Android, iOS and WhatsApp Web apps. There are others too, but they are boring in front of the blocked feature.
These include old features like the ability to hide one’s Last Seen indicator, Read Receipts, to newly announced features like sharing disappearing messages. WhatsApp has shared few indicators that can help the user know if they have been blocked by their contacts.
– The first step to know whether someone has blocked you on WhatsApp or not is to check the contact’s last seen. If you can no longer see the last seen of a person or online in the chat window, they may have blocked you. However, WhatsApp does give users the power to hide the last seen. So this could also be one of the reasons why you cannot see someone’s last seen.
– You will not see any updates to the person’s profile picture. The display picture would not visible to you
– The best way to check if someone has blocked you is by sending messages to the contact who you suspect has gotten rid of you on WhatsApp. The messages will always show one check mark and never show a second check mark (message delivered) even after days.
– Even when you try calling the person who may block you on WhatsApp, will not go through.
“If you see all of the indicators above for a contact, this could mean that the user is blocking you. However, there are other possibilities. We have made this intentionally ambiguous in order to protect your privacy when you block someone.
Thus, we cannot tell you if you are being blocked by someone else,” WhatsApp said. If you want to block someone on the messaging app, go to Settings, then Account, then Privacy, then Blocked > Add New and then choose the contact you want to block. On a related note, you may get blocked by the app itself if you use a modified version of the app.
Recently, the GB WhatsApp, which has been created by third-party developers gained traction on the internet. The clone version of the app comes with a lot of additional features but if you download it, you may lose access to your original WhatsApp account permanently.
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