Published 11:09 IST, November 15th 2018
How to know if someone has blocked you on WhatsApp
These simple tips will help you figure out how to know if you have been blocked by someone on WhatsApp using last seen, profile picture updates and more.
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Are you feeling igred on WhatsApp lately, especially by person who used to regularly have a chat conversation with you? If your answer is yes, re is a good chance that you have been blocked by that person. Finding out if someone has actually blocked you on WhatsApp is t that easy. WhatsApp has me it difficult to figure out wher you have been blocked or someone is just igring you. One way to find out is of course by calling person - if you are in for an awkward conversation. If t, we have some tips to help you figure out if someone has blocked you on WhatsApp.
Last seen or online in chat window
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For starters, obvious indication is people’s 'last seen' or status wher y are online. 'Last seen' refers to last time your contact used WhatsApp. Similarly, if your contact is online, that means he or she has WhatsApp running on phone in foreground. If person has blocked you, you will t be able to see his/her last seen or online. Hence, this happens to be one of ways to find out if you have been blocked on WhatsApp. But do remember that users can also hide ir last seen from showing to ir contacts. In that case, this trick will t be a full-proof assessment in figuring out truth. Hence, comes next trick.
Profile picture updates
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next obvious indication comes in form of profile pictures. Some people frequently change ir profile picture while many stick to same picture literally for years. If you have been blocked by someone, you will t be able to see that person’s profile pictures. Sometimes in such a case, WhatsApp pulls a contact’s default profile picture from eir Google account or locally saved contact picture. In eir case, it is somewhat hard to kw if that’s actual profile picture set by your contact or default contact picture stored locally. However, if you are t able to see a profile picture or last seen altoger, chances are higher that you have been blocked by person on WhatsApp.
It is completely possible that a person may have simply decided to keep his or her profile picture hidden from showing to WhatsApp users in general. In that case, you have to keep looking for or signs that we are going to discuss next in this article.
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Mess check mark
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A check mark on each mess plays a very important role in a WhatsApp conversation. A mess you send to a contact who has blocked you on WhatsApp will only show one check mark, indicating mess is sent. Your messs get second check mark only when y are successfully delivered. In case someone has blocked you on WhatsApp, you will t see a second check mark on any mess sent to that particular contact. Hence, if ne of you are messs are getting delivered to someone, re may be a possibility that you have been blocked by that person. Do remember that a second check will t appear on messs sent to someone if he or she is t connected to data or Wi-Fi. This is where our next tip might come in handy.
WhatsApp Group mess
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Well, unlike all tips we have mentioned so far, this is more useful to kw if someone is rar igring you on WhatsApp. WhatsApp’s blue check mark let users find out if ir mess is re or simply seen. But users also have ability to explicitly turn off re receipts. So, to be doubly sure, you can simply send a mess to a mutual group on WhatsApp. You should kw that turning off re receipts doesn’t work for group conversations. So, if person you are trying to reach is reing messs sent on group unlike personal chat, re's a pretty good chance that he or she has blocked you.
11:07 IST, November 15th 2018