How to check if someone blocked you on WhatsApp?

If you are wondering how to check if someone blocked you on WhatsApp, you need to know that when you block someone the blocked user does not receive any notification. For the same reason, it is not easy to find out if someone has blocked your number on WhatsApp.

There are a series of clues that allow you to find out if you have been blocked. The lack of response, the disappearance of the profile photo and information relating to the contact’s online status, or the absence of reading checkboxes are some of the clues to take into consideration.

Let’s see in detail how to understand if someone has blocked you on WhatsApp, what happens when you are blocked, and how to get unblocked.

How to check if someone blocked you on WhatsApp

Having absolute certainty that you have been blocked is not easy, since WhatsApp does not send a notification nor does it have a function that allows you to see the list of contacts who have blocked you.

Furthermore, all the clues we can use to understand if we have been blocked can be motivated by other actions, which have nothing to do with the blocking. For example, the user in question may have disabled reading checkboxes, last seen, online status information, or may have deleted their profile photo.

However, if you think that you have been blocked on WhatsApp for some particular reason, the clues listed above should be taken seriously.

Here are the clues through which you can find out if you have been blocked:

• you do not see the date and time of last access;
• you can’t see your profile photo;
• the double blue tick does not appear;
• it is impossible to make calls;
• you cannot add the contact to a group.

The block can be rectified at any time and extends only to the activities available on WhatsApp: inability to chat, exchange files, make calls, and video calls.

Let’s now see in detail all the steps and evidence to consider to find out if you have been blocked on WhatsApp.

1. Check last seen

This is the first crucial clue to finding out if they have blocked you on WhatsApp. If once you open the chat, you don’t see the last access with date and time under the contact’s name, it could be a first alarm bell.

However, we must take into consideration the possibility that the user has chosen not to show this detail to any contact. Furthermore, if you have decided to hide this information yourself, WhatsApp will prevent you from seeing the online status of other contacts. This first test therefore leaves room for doubt.

2. Check profile photo and status updates

The absence of a profile photo of a contact, replaced by the standard image with the white man on a gray background, is often a symptom of a possible block on WhatsApp.

Here too there are exceptions: the user in question may have decided to voluntarily remove their profile photo, or they may have chosen via the settings to share it only with the numbers saved in the address book.

3. Send a message and check the box

The double tick is perhaps the most indicative detail of a possible block on WhatsApp. When you are blocked, the messages you send are never delivered to the user. One has the illusion (at a less careful glance) that these were sent, but this is not actually the case.

The checkmark is essential. This appears when the user receiving the message has network problems or has the phone turned off. However, if the checkmark does not appear for days, you have almost certainly been blocked.

4. Try calling on WhatsApp

Another step to find out if you have been blocked is to try calling the contact on WhatsApp. If you have been blocked, it will be impossible to make a phone or video call through the app’s internal tool.

This would effectively confirm the hypothesis that someone blocked you.

5. Create a group with the contact who blocked you

The above attempts are key elements, but cannot be considered unambiguous proof of having been blocked. One last attempt will erase all doubts.

Create a WhatsApp group with the contact you think has blocked you. If a warning appears saying “You are not allowed to add this contact” then you have definitely been blocked.

How to get unblocked on WhatsApp

The only way to be unblocked on WhatsApp is to contact the person who did it, possibly apologizing and trying to clarify.

Alternatively, you can opt for change number on WhatsApp. The block works on the phone number and not on the WhatsApp account itself. By buying a new SIM and changing your phone number you will then be able to contact the person again.

Original article published on Money.it Italy 2024-01-15 14:13:14. Original title: Come scoprire se ti hanno bloccato su WhatsApp?