How To Avoid Seeing Someone Status On Whatsapp

How To Avoid Seeing Someone Status On Whatsapp

If you want to avoid seeing someone’s WhatsApp Status without blocking or unfriending them, WhatsApp gives you a few discreet and effective options:

✅ 1. Mute Their Status Updates

Muting hides their status from your view without notifying them.

Steps:

1. Open WhatsApp.
2. Go to the Status tab.
3. Find the contact you want to mute.
4. Tap and hold their name.
5. Select “Mute”.

🔕 Once muted:

• Their status moves to a separate “Muted updates” section at the bottom.
• You won’t get notified or see it at the top unless you manually check.

✅ 2. Restrict Your Status View (Optional)

If you want to avoid two-way status interaction, also restrict them from seeing your status:

Steps:

1. Go to Settings > Privacy > Status.
2. Tap “My contacts except…”
3. Select the person you want to exclude.
4. Tap ✅ or Done.

This makes the disconnection mutual and more private.

✅ 3. Archive or Mute Their Chat (For Focus)

If their messages also distract you:

• Long-press their chat in the main chat list.
• Tap Archive or Mute to reduce engagement.

❌ Don’t:

• Open their status and then try to “undo” it. Once viewed, they can see you’ve seen it unless you’ve disabled read receipts (but that applies globally).
• Block them unless you truly want zero contact—they’ll know.

⚠️ Bonus: Turn Off “Read Receipts” (If Needed)

If you’re trying to avoid showing that you viewed anyone’s status:

Steps:

• Go to Settings > Privacy > Read Receipts → Turn OFF

Note: This also disables blue ticks in chats and you won’t see who viewed your status either.