If I block a contact in WhatsApp, will they see my messages - briefly?
If you block a contact in WhatsApp, they will not be able to see your messages or any changes to your profile picture or status updates.
If I block a contact in WhatsApp, will they see my messages - in detail?
If you block a contact in WhatsApp, they will not be able to see your messages. When you block someone on the platform, you effectively cut off all communication between yourself and that user. Here's how it works:
- Blocking Mechanism: Blocking a contact means their number is added to your device’s blocked list. This prevents them from seeing any updates or changes to your profile, including your status message and profile picture.
- Message Delivery: Any messages you send after blocking the contact will not be delivered to them. Instead, they will remain undelivered on your end, indicated by a single checkmark (which means the message has left your device but hasn’t been received).
- No Notification: The blocked contact will not receive any notification that you have blocked them. They might notice that messages are no longer being delivered, but they won't get an explicit alert from WhatsApp.
- Invisible Status: Your last seen status and online presence will not be visible to the blocked contact. This means they won’t know when you were last active on WhatsApp.
- Calls Blocked: In addition to messages, any calls made to or from the blocked contact will not go through. They will see a message indicating that your call did not connect.
- Group Interaction Limitation: If both of you are part of a WhatsApp group, the blocked contact can still see your messages within that group. However, they won’t be able to call or send direct messages to you outside of the group context.
In summary, blocking a contact in WhatsApp ensures that they will not receive any new messages from you and will have limited interaction capabilities, providing you with a higher level of privacy and control over your communication.