If I delete a person from WhatsApp, will they see it - briefly?
If you delete a contact from your WhatsApp list, the other party will not receive any notification about this action. The deletion is solely visible on your device and does not affect their account or visibility of past messages.
If I delete a person from WhatsApp, will they see it - in detail?
When you delete a contact from your WhatsApp contacts list, the action is entirely local to your device and does not affect the other person's experience in any way. Here’s a detailed breakdown of what happens:
- Local Action: Deleting a contact from your WhatsApp list only removes them from your personal view. This means you will no longer see their name or profile picture when looking through your contacts on the app. However, this change is not communicated to the other person in any way.
- No Notification: The deleted contact does not receive a notification or any indication that they have been removed from your contacts list. WhatsApp does not provide a feature that informs users when someone deletes them from their contacts.
- Message History: Deleting a contact from your list will not delete the message history between you and that person. All previous conversations remain intact in both parties' chat histories. The other person can still access and view all past messages as they always have.
- Future Interaction: If the deleted contact tries to send you a message, it will still be delivered to your WhatsApp account. You will continue to receive their messages just as you would from any other contact. Similarly, you can still initiate conversations with them by manually typing in their phone number.
- Privacy Considerations: It’s important to note that while deleting a contact does not notify the other person, it is more of a personal organizational tool rather than a means of blocking or restricting communication. If your intention is to stop receiving messages from someone, you should use WhatsApp's block feature instead.
In summary, deleting a contact from WhatsApp is a private action that only affects your view of the contact list and does not generate any notification or change in the other person’s experience on the app.