How to Block Someone on Whatsapp [2021]

Whatsapp is a cross-platform messaging application which works as a medium to communicate with each other only with an internet connection. This application is used by people of different age groups and they enjoy conversing with their friends, family members and colleagues. Whatsapp hosts plenty of security features to protect our privacy. Among them blocking is one of the great privacy features which helps you to keep away nosey neighbours, relatives, and annoying friends. If you block a contact in Whatsapp, then you will not receive any messages or calls until you unblock them. Even after unblocking the contact, you will not receive any messages that were sent to you when the contact was blocked. The contact who was blocked by you cannot see your online activities like last seen, Status and profile picture.

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Note: The blocked contact cannot send you any messages personally, but they can send messages in group chat.

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How to Block Someone on WhatsApp

The tutorial discusses the detailed procedure involved in blocking contacts in Whatsapp on Android, iOS and Windows Phone.

#1. Blocking Saved Contacts in Whatsapp

• Blocking Saved Contacts on Android
• Blocking Saved Contacts on iPhone
• Blocking Saved Contacts on Windows Phone

#2. Blocking Unknown Contacts in Whatsapp

• Blocking Unknown Contacts on Android
• Blocking Unknown Contacts on iPhone
• Blocking Unknown Contacts on Windows Phone

#3. Unblock Blocked Contacts in Whatsapp

• Unblock Blocked Contacts on Android
• Unblock Blocked Contacts on iPhone
• Unblock Blocked Contacts on Windows Phone

Blocking Saved Contacts in Whatsapp

In Whatsapp, blocking contacts is a simple task. Here we discuss how to block the known contacts on various devices like Android, iPhone and Windows Phone.

Blocking Saved Contacts on Android

Step 1: Launch Whatsapp on your device.

Step 2: Tap the Menu Icon in the top left corner of the screen.

Step 3: In the menu bar tap Settings and select Account option.

Step 4: Click Privacy option in the Accounts page.

Step 5: Tap and open the Blocked Contacts page and click Add new option where you can add contact which you wish to block.

Blocking Saved Contacts on iPhone

Step 1: Open Whatsapp on your iPhone.

Step 2: Click the Settings icon in the bottom of the screen and tap the Account option.

Step 3: Tap the Privacy option.

Step 4: Click the Blocked option and tap Add New and select the name of the contact whom you need to block.

Blocking Saved Contacts on Windows Phone

Step 1: Start Whatsapp on Windows Phone.

Step 2: In the Whatsapp home screen, tap More option and select the Settings.

Step 3: Click the Contacts option in the Settings page.

Step 4: Click the Blocked Contacts and tap plus icon (+) to add contacts in the block list.

Step 5: Select the name of the contact that you want to block.

Blocking Unknown Contacts in Whatsapp

Here we are going to see how to block the unknown contacts on Whatsapp. The method given below is applicable for Android, iPhone and Windows Phone.

Blocking Unknown Contacts on Android

Step 1: Tap and open Whatsapp on your device.

Step 2: In the main screen, open the chat you received from the unknown contact.

Step 3: Click menu and tap Block.

Blocking Unknown Contacts on iPhone

Step 1: Open Whatsapp on iPhone.

Step 2: Tap and open the chat you received from the Unknown contact.

Step 3: Open menu and tap the Block this contact option.

Step 4: Report the user by tapping the Report and Block option.

Blocking Unknown Contacts on Windows Phone

Step 1: Launch Whatsapp on Windows Phone.

Step 2: Open the unknown contact message.

Step 3: In the conversation page, tap More option.

Step 4: Click the Block option to block the contact and again tap the Block option for confirmation.

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Unblock Blocked Contacts in Whatsapp

Just like blocking, Unblocking is also very simple. We have explained below how to unblock contacts in Whatsapp on Android, iPhone and Windows Phones.

Unblock Blocked Contacts on Android

Step 1: Open Whatsapp on Android device.

Step 2: Click the Menu icon and select the Settings option.

Step 3: Click the Account option and select Privacy.

Step 4: In the Privacy page, select the Blocked Contacts.

Step 5: Tap and hold the contact until you receive a prompt.

Step 6: Tap Unblock from the menu.

Unblock Blocked Contacts on iPhone

Step 1: Launch Whatsapp on iPhone.

Step 2: Click the Settings icon and tap Account.

Step 3: Tap the Privacy option and open the Blocked page.

Step 4: Swipe left on the contact you wish to unblock.

Step 5: Click the Unblock option.

Unblock Blocked Contacts on Windows Phone

Step 1: Open Whatsapp on Windows Phone.

Step 2: Tap the More option in the screen and select Settings.

Step 3: In the settings page, tap the Contacts option.

Step 4: Click the Blocked Contacts. In the next page, tap and hold the unblocking contact.

Step 5: Tap the Unblock option in the popup.

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Final Thoughts

Blocking and Unblocking contacts feature is used for maintaining your privacy in Whatsapp. Once you blocked a known or unknown contact, then you will not receive any message or call from that particular number till you unblock that number. So it is one of the best privacy feature to keep yourself free from annoying contacts.

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