What do contacts see when you delete WhatsApp - briefly?
When you delete WhatsApp, your contacts will no longer see your online status or any updates from your account. They can still send you messages, but these will remain undelivered until you reinstall and log back into the app.
What do contacts see when you delete WhatsApp - in detail?
When a user deletes the WhatsApp application from their device, several changes occur that affect how their contacts interact with them on the platform. It is important to note that deleting the app does not automatically remove the user's account or profile from WhatsApp's servers. Here are the key points detailing what contacts see when a user deletes WhatsApp:
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Profile Visibility: Contacts will still be able to see the user's profile picture, status, and about information if it was set before deletion. This is because the profile data remains stored on WhatsApp's servers even after the app is deleted from the device.
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Last Seen Status: The 'last seen' status will not update to reflect that the user has deleted the app. Instead, contacts may see the last time the user was active before deleting the application.
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Online Presence: Contacts will not be able to see the user as 'online' or 'active now'. The online presence indicator is tied directly to the app being open and running on a device, which is no longer the case after deletion.
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Messages and Calls: If a contact tries to send a message or make a call to the user who has deleted WhatsApp, they will receive a notification indicating that the message was not delivered and the call could not be connected. This occurs because the app is no longer present on the recipient's device to receive incoming communications.
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Group Participation: If the user was part of any group chats, their name and profile picture may still appear in the group members list. However, they will not receive or participate in new messages sent within those groups until they reinstall WhatsApp and rejoin the groups.
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Account Reactivation: If the user decides to reinstall WhatsApp on their device or install it on a different device, all of their previous data, including messages, contacts, and profile information, will be restored once they log in with their phone number. This means that any changes made after deleting the app (such as new messages sent by contacts) will not be lost.
In summary, while deleting WhatsApp from a device removes the user's ability to send or receive messages and calls, it does not immediately remove their profile or presence from the platform. Contacts will still see the user's profile information but will be unable to communicate with them until they reinstall the app.