To protect our privacy it is necessary to take practical measures. This is especially true in the case of social networks and messaging applications. Since these tools allow other people to have access to our personal lives, it is normal that we want to choose what they can see and what they cannot. In this sense, below we will see how to prevent some contacts from seeing your WhatsApp statuses.
If you are one of those who publish daily updates on WhatsApp, you may be thinking about preventing certain family members, employers or colleagues from seeing them. Fortunately, this messaging app has some adjustments that help us achieve it. In this article we will see a guide so you can learn how to do it. But first, let's see what WhatsApp statuses are.
WhatsApp statuses, what are they?
WhatsApp statuses are updates where you can share content such as photos, videos and GIFs with the contacts that you have saved on your mobile and who, in turn, have saved you. These updates remain online for 24 hours. After that time, neither you nor any of your contacts will be able to see what you posted.
Currently, statuses appear in the tab WhatsApp news. Where in addition to seeing these types of updates, you also have access to channels of varied content. To share a status update with your contacts, simply touch the camera or pencil icons to upload what you want.
On the other hand, to see those that your contacts have uploaded, you will only have to click on their name and that's it. Remember that also you have the possibility to respond to the states what are you watching. To do this, you just have to tap on the Reply option found at the bottom of the post. You can send a text, emojis, voice notes and even share files, photos and videos from the gallery, as well as documents.
What content can be published in WhatsApp statuses?
Well, what content can be published in WhatsApp statuses? This section has been growing over time and, currently, it is possible to make publications with great variety of content such as:
- Photos
- Videos
- GIF
- Writings
Once you publish a status on whatsapp, you can see who in your contacts viewed it, unless you have disabled read receipts. And, the same thing happens when you see the posts your contacts have made: they will see your name in the Viewed list. Let's look in more detail at the type of content that can be published in states of WhatsApp.
Photos
The content that ranks first in WhatsApp status updates are photos. There are those who capture many moments of their life in photographs and want to share them with their closest family and friends. Therefore, they decide post these photos in your status so they can see them.
Videos
Videos are also a type of content that can be published in WhatsApp statuses. However, it should be noted that these videos They cannot be longer than 30 seconds.. So, in case your video is longer, you will have to divide it into several parts to upload it as a status update.
GIF
For post GIF on WhatsApp you have to press the pencil icon and then tap the emojis icon. Once there, you select the GIF option, choose the one you want to upload to your status, touch the send icon and that's it.
Write what you want
Something else you can post in your WhatsApp statuses are writings, links, emojis and more. All of this is available by tapping the pencil icon. There you can get inspired and write everything you want to share with your contacts. As well as copying a piece of writing that you liked from another site.
Also, after one of its latest updates, WhatsApp allows you to publish audio notes in states. To do this you just have to touch the microphone icon, start recording, send and that's it.
What can I do if I don't want all my contacts to see my WhatsApp statuses?
As you can see, on WhatsApp you can post status updates about practically anything and all the content you want. But, wait a moment. What can you do if you don't want all your contacts to be able to see your status updates on WhatsApp? To do this, below We leave you a simple guide with the procedure that you should follow.
Enter the WhatsApp application
To block your WhatsApp statuses to some of your contacts, the first thing you have to do is enter the WhatsApp application on your mobile. Once there, you can continue to the next step.
Click on the top 3 points on the right
The second step is press the top three dots on the right side from the screen to open the WhatsApp menu.
Tap on Settings
Once you have opened the menu, you will see different options. Choose Settings to continue with the procedure.
Privacy
Next, enter the section called Privacy , where you have different ways to protect your personal information. Some of the privacy settings you can make are the last seen and online time, your profile photo, your personal information, and also, your statuses.
WhatsApp statuses
Click on the option STATUS to determine who of your contacts can see your updates and who can't.
my contacts except
In the Status Privacy entry you have options such as: 'My contacts', 'My contacts, except ...' and 'Only share with...' Tap the second option to choose the contacts who will not see your status updates.
Choose the contacts you do not want to see your WhatsApp statuses
Finally, when you tap on this option, a list of all your contacts appears. Mark one by one those that you do not want to see your statuses and save the new settings. From then on, any status update you make will be seen only by contacts who are not selected on your list. Remember that, for added privacy, you can also share your statuses with a few contacts if you choose the 'Only share with' option.