How to Turn Off WhatsApp Status Updates from Contacts

As a user, you may want to control the visibility of status updates from your contacts on WhatsApp. This article will guide you through the process of either muting individual contacts or adjusting your privacy settings to better manage these notifications. Moreover, we will explore how to limit the visibility of your own status updates to certain contacts.

Mute Status Updates

If you want to receive notifications for a particular contact's status updates without viewing them, muting the contact is the most straightforward approach. Follow these steps to mute a contact's status updates:

Open WhatsApp on your phone. Navigate to the Status tab. Find the contact whose status updates you want to mute. Tap and hold on their status update until a menu appears. Select Mute.

By muting a contact, you will still be able to view their status updates in the Status tab, but notifications will be disabled. This method offers a balanced approach to controlling the frequency of notifications you receive.

Change Privacy Settings

For more granular control over your status visibility and the updates you receive, you can adjust your privacy settings. This will allow you to limit who can see your status updates:

Open WhatsApp and go to Settings. Tap on Privacy. Select Status. Choose one of these options: My Contacts: Only your contacts can see your status updates. My Contacts Except...: Provide a list of specific contacts who you want to exclude from seeing your status. Only Share With...: Share your status updates only with a select group of contacts.

By configuring your privacy settings, you can determine who sees your status updates and reduce the number of notifications from contacts you don't want to receive updates from.

Note:

It's important to remember that you cannot entirely stop your contacts from posting status updates. However, if you remove them from your WhatsApp contact list, you will stop receiving their status updates entirely, providing a workaround for filtering out unwanted notifications.

Limiting Your Own Status Updates

While muting and adjusting privacy settings help control incoming notifications, you may also want to manage the visibility of your own status updates to specific contacts. Here’s how to do this:

Go to Settings and then Account. Tap on Privacy. Select Status. Choose one of these options: My Contacts: Your contact list will be able to view your status. Only Share With...: You can select specific contacts to share your status with. My Contacts Except...: You can select specific contacts to exclude from seeing your status.

By making these adjustments, you can control who can see your status updates, ensuring that only the people you want to share them with will have access.

Conclusion

Managing your WhatsApp status updates is crucial for maintaining a balance between social engagement and personal privacy. By exploring the muting feature and adjusting privacy settings, you can effectively control the notifications you receive and manage the visibility of your own status updates to the contacts you prefer.