Know if Someone Has Blocked You on WhatsApp
If you're having difficulty contacting someone on WhatsApp, the user may have blocked you. While there is no sure way to tell if you've been blocked -- WhatsApp makes it intentionally vague for privacy reasons -- there are some signs you can look for to confirm your suspicions.
Steps
- Open WhatsApp.
- Tap on "Contacts." On Android, it is in white text in the upper-right of the screen. On iOS, "Contacts" is a gray icon at the bottom center of your screen.
- Scroll to the user who may have blocked you.
- Look for the user's status. If no status, such as "online" or "available," appears below the contact's name, they may have blocked you.
- Tap on the contact who may have blocked you.
- On iOS, tap "Send Message" near the bottom of the screen that pops up in order to get to the chat window.
- Look for the "last seen" timestamp. This will appear at the top of the chat window, in gray text, beneath the user's name. If no "last seen" time is visible, this is further evidence that you may have been blocked.
- Look for two checkmarks. When you send a message to the contact, a single, blue checkmark will appear to the right of the timestamp in each chat bubble, meaning the message has been sent to the server. A second checkmark will appear once the recipient has read the message. If the most recent messages to the user you think has blocked you only display one checkmark, and never two, you may have been blocked.
- The checkmarks alone are not a clear indicator. It could also mean that their internet connection is lost. However, if the second checkmark hasn't appeared after a long period of time, and other signs are there, you're likely blocked.
- Tap on the user's profile. This is the user's name at the top of the chat window.
- Look for profile changes. When you are blocked on WhatsApp, a user's profile will never change to you. If you have reason to believe that the suspected user has made changes to their profile, such as a new picture, but you can't see the changes, you may have been blocked.
- Draw your own conclusion. If you have identified more than one of these indicators, there is a chance that the suspected user blocked you on WhatsApp.
Tips
- If you block someone, you will not be removed from their contacts, nor they from yours.
- The only way to remove a user from your contacts is to physically delete them from your address book.
