What happens if you block and delete someone in WhatsApp - briefly?
When you block a contact on WhatsApp, they are no longer able to call or message you. However, deleting the contact from your phone will not impact their ability to communicate with others on WhatsApp; it merely removes them from your local address book.
What happens if you block and delete someone in WhatsApp - in detail?
When you block and subsequently delete a contact on WhatsApp, several changes occur in the messaging dynamics between your accounts.
Firstly, blocking someone prevents them from seeing your profile picture, status updates, and any changes made to these elements thereafter. They will no longer be able to communicate with you through messages, calls, or any other feature provided by WhatsApp. For group chats, the blocked user will remain, but they won't receive any new messages sent after the block.
Deleting the contact from your device removes their information from your address book and eliminates any past conversations with them. This action is irreversible; once deleted, you cannot retrieve the conversation history or restore the contact without their explicit consent and re-addition to your contacts list.
It's important to note that blocking someone does not delete the WhatsApp messages sent or received from that person before they were blocked. These messages will remain in your chat history until you manually delete them. If you choose to unblock the user later, they will regain access to all previous message exchanges but won't see any new messages sent after the block was imposed unless you share those conversations with them directly.
Additionally, blocking and deleting a contact does not affect their account or device in any way; they will continue using WhatsApp as usual without any indication that they have been blocked or deleted by you. However, if they try to contact you after being blocked, WhatsApp will notify them that their message was not delivered, which can potentially alert them to your action.
In summary, blocking and deleting someone on WhatsApp effectively cuts off communication from your end while preserving past conversations until manually deleted. The other user remains unaware of the block unless they attempt to reach out again.