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If the WhatsApp status suddenly disappears, the privacy settings or a block may be to blame
WhatsApp status suddenly gone: Possible reasons
If you don’t see a WhatsApp status even though you know that your contact has posted an update, there may be several reasons for this.
- You have been blocked: If the other person has blocked you, their WhatsApp status will also disappear from your screen. You can no longer access what your contact has uploaded. Even if you have blocked them, the status is no longer visible
- You have been excluded from the status: You can use the privacy settings on WhatsApp to specify who can and cannot see your status. This can even be adjusted depending on the post. If a status has suddenly disappeared, even though you have always received updates from the person, you may now have been excluded
- 24 hour period has expired: WhatsApp status messages are automatically deleted after 24 hours. If a picture was still there one moment and then suddenly disappeared, this period has probably expired.
- You have muted the status messages: In the status menu of Messenger, you also have the option of muting a person’s status if they upload a lot and you are annoyed. If you have accidentally ticked a box here, the contact is muted.
- You are not in the contacts: If the other person has deleted you from their phone book, the connection to WhatsApp is no longer established. You can only view a status if you are also in the other person’s contact list
Status disappeared: How to solve the problem
First, make sure that your internet connection is stable and that you have the latest version of WhatsApp installed. Then you can try the following:
- First look under “Settings – Account – Privacy – Blocked” to see if you have blocked the contact whose status you are missing and unblock them. Or try to find out whether you have been blocked yourself. If the latter is the case, you can no longer view the status
- If a person has specified in the privacy settings that you are no longer allowed to see the status, there is nothing you can do about this either, apart from perhaps sending a friendly message to ask what is going on. However, you can specify who can and cannot see your status yourself under Status privacy settings.
- Check whether you have muted a status by calling up the status menu (Current on Android and Status, bottom left, on iPhone) and then going to “Muted notifications”. Tap on the status message and then on “Mute off” to display the status of your contact again
- If you have met someone new and would like to follow the status messages on WhatsApp, ask the person to add you to their contacts.
