Whatsapp Security Tips Block Unwanted Users

Blocking as well as unblocking contacts

You tin halt receiving messages, calls as well as condition updates from for sure contacts yesteryear blocking them.

To block

To block a contact

1. Tap the Menu Button > Settings > Account > Privacy > Blocked contacts.
2. Tap Add .
3. Select the contact you lot wishing to block from the list.

To block an unknown number

1. Open the chat amongst the unknown contact.
2. Tap Block.

Alternatively, if this message is spam, you lot volition besides bring the alternative to Report spam, which volition written report as well as block the user.

Note:

• Messages as well as condition updates sent yesteryear a blocked contact volition non demo upward on your telephone as well as volition never endure delivered to you.
• Your final seen as well as online information volition no longer endure visible to contacts you lot bring blocked.
• Your condition updates volition non endure visible to whatever blocked contacts.
• Any changes made to your profile photograph volition no longer endure visible to contacts you lot bring blocked.
• Blocking individual volition non take away this contact from your contact list, nor volition it take away you lot from the listing on this contact's phone. To delete a contact, you lot must delete the contact from your phone's address book.
• If you lot are concerned whether a blocked contact volition know if you lot are blocking them, delight see this article.

To unblock

1. Tap the Menu Button > Settings > Account > Privacy > Blocked contacts.
2. Tap as well as gibe the contact's name.
3. Tap Unblock from the popular upward menu.

Alternatively, you lot tin merely mail a message to the contact you lot blocked as well as you lot volition endure prompted to unblock the contact.

Note: If you lot unblock a contact, you lot volition non have whatever calls or messages that contact sent you lot during the fourth dimension they were blocked.

Learn how to block or unblock a contact on: iPhone | Windows Phone | Nokia S40