If a contact is deleted in WhatsApp, what will they see - briefly?
If a contact is deleted from your WhatsApp, the other person will not be immediately notified. However, they may notice that your profile picture and status updates are no longer visible to them, indicating that you have removed them from your contacts list.
If a contact is deleted in WhatsApp, what will they see - in detail?
When a contact is deleted from your WhatsApp contacts list, the changes are reflected only on your device and do not affect the other party's view of the conversation history or their ability to communicate with you. Here’s what happens in detail:
- Your View: After deleting a contact from your WhatsApp, their name will no longer appear in your contacts list. However, you can still find and interact with them by searching for their phone number directly within the app. The conversation history with that contact remains intact and accessible through search functionality.
- Their View: From the other party's perspective, nothing changes. They will continue to see your name as it appears in their contacts list, and they can still message you or view past conversations without any interruption. Their ability to communicate with you remains unaffected by your decision to delete them from your contact list.
- Group Chats: If the deleted contact is part of a group chat, both you and the other party will continue to see each other in those group chats. Group members cannot be removed individually; they can only leave the group or be removed by the group admin.
- Privacy Settings: It’s important to note that deleting a contact from WhatsApp does not alter any privacy settings you have configured with them, such as read receipts, profile picture visibility, or status updates. These settings must be changed manually if needed.
In summary, deleting a contact in WhatsApp is a local action that affects only your device. The other party will not notice any changes in their view of the conversation history or in their ability to communicate with you.