Change Your Status on WhatsApp

WhatsApp is a cheap messaging alternative to SMS text messages.[1] WhatsApp also supports sending photos, videos, and voice messages.[2] You can change the status message that your friends will see next to your name.[3] WhatsApp is available on iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia S60, and Blackberry phones.[4] Because there are so many different platforms for this app, there are slightly different methods for setting a status on each type of phone.

Steps

Finding Your Phone's Steps

  1. If you have an iPhone, click here.
  2. If you have an Android, click here.
  3. If you have a Windows Phone, click here.
  4. If you have a Nokia S60, click here.
  5. If you have a Blackberry, click here.
  6. If you have a Blackberry 10, click here

Changing Your Status on iPhone

  1. Open WhatsApp.
  2. Touch Status.
  3. Choose a status. Under SELECT YOUR NEW STATUS, touch a status you'd like to use.
  4. Edit a status. Under YOUR CURRENT STATUS IS, touch the status. Edit the status message, and then touch Save.
    • The new status is added to the top of the status list.
  5. Choose no status. Scroll down to the bottom of the list and then touch Clear Status. Your status will be changed to *** no status ***.[5]

Changing Your Status on Android

  1. Open WhatsApp.
  2. Press your phone's menu button.[6]
  3. Touch Status.
  4. Choose a status. Under SELECT YOUR NEW STATUS, touch a status you'd like to use.
  5. Edit a status. Under YOUR CURRENT STATUS IS, touch the edit status button. Edit the status message, and then touch OK.
    • The edit status button looks like a pencil.[7]

Changing Your Status on Windows Phone

  1. Open WhatsApp.
  2. Swipe the screen to the favorites screen.
  3. Touch the … in the bottom right.
  4. Touch settings.
  5. Touch profile.
  6. Touch the pencil button.
  7. Touch the text box, and then type a status message.[8]

Changing Your Status on Nokia S60

  1. Open WhatsApp.
  2. Touch Options.
  3. Touch Status.
  4. Choose a status. Touch a status to select it.
  5. Edit a status. Touch Options. Touch Add new status or +. Write a new status message.[9]

Changing Your Status on Blackberry

  1. Open WhatsApp.
  2. In the top menu, go to ". This is the Status menu.
  3. Choose a status. Use the trackpad to select the status you'd like to use.
  4. Create a new status. Press the menu button, and then use the trackpad to select New Status. Type a status message, and then press the menu button.[10]

Changing Your Status on Blackberry 10

  1. Open WhatsApp.
  2. Touch the Overflow Tab button. It looks like three horizontal lines.
    • You can also swipe the screen right.
  3. Touch Status.
  4. Choose a status. Touch a status to select it.
  5. Create a new status. Touch the Edit Status button. It looks like a pencil. Write a new status message, and then touch OK.[11]

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Sources and Citations

  1. ↑ https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/general/23014681
  2. ↑ https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/web/28080001
  3. ↑ https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/general/23740821
  4. ↑ https://www.whatsapp.com
  5. ↑ https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/iphone/23780716
  6. ↑ https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/android/21228643
  7. ↑ https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/android/23741812
  8. ↑ https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/wp/23572931
  9. ↑ https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/s60/23772378
  10. ↑ https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/bb/23617878
  11. ↑ https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/bb10/28095396
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