WhatsApp is a popular messenger. It has many features that users are not even aware of. One of these is the ability to block contacts. She helps get rid of annoying interlocutors. And how to remove a contact from Vatsap and how to block it? You can perform these actions by various methods.
In general, WhatsApp is intended for use on smartphones running the operating systems "Windows", "Android" and "iPhone". But the popularity of this messenger has grown so much that the developers have developed a version for computers running Windows and MAC. The principle of operation of the application on all devices is identical and the procedure for deleting, blocking unwanted subscribers is the same.
Delete contacts
And how to remove a contact from Vatsap, what is needed for this? Contact can be removed from the messenger only if the subscriber’s number is deleted from the address book. The numbers stored in it are associated with the contacts of Vatsap. If you want to remove the interlocutor from the application, you will have to delete his number completely.
If suddenly you want the subscriber to be unable to write to you in the messenger, but you do not want to delete the number, then the developers have the option of blocking unwanted subscribers. So how to remove a contact from "Vatsap" on different devices, how to block an unwanted interlocutor?
Lock on Android
To save yourself from an unwanted subscriber on Android devices, you must perform the following steps:
- In the application itself, you should open the menu, which looks like three dots arranged vertically. It is located in the upper right corner of the main screen.
- In the window that appears, select the "Settings" item.
- Then you should select "Account" - "Privacy" - "Blocked".
Here the application shows which contacts are in the blocked list. To add unwanted contacts to this black list, you need to click on the icon for adding contacts (looks like a man with a plus, located in the upper right corner). After that, a list of subscribers will appear, among which will remain to select unwanted and add them to the black list. After adding, neither you nor the subscriber will be able to send messages to each other, call.
And how to block a contact in "Vatsap" directly from the chat? To do this, go to the chat page of the messenger with an undesirable interlocutor and call up the menu item. In it, select "More" - "Block". After that, it remains only to confirm this action in the window that appears.
After these actions, the number that you are tired of will not be able to bother you, write or call. If advertising messages are constantly coming from this number, you can add it to exceptions, that is, to spam. After that, the subscriber will never be able to write, call.
Spamming
If someone in your WhatsApp contact list sends ads and other types of spam, you can do the following:
- open the menu in the chat, select the item "View contact";
- in the window that opens, select the "Report spam" item.
After clicking on this button, the contact information will be received by the developers, they will check and block the subscriber. This procedure will help to save not only you, but also other users from those who bother with their newsletters.
You can’t mark ordinary users as spammers, as this can lead to the blocking of your account.
IPhone Lock
And how to remove a contact from “Vatsap” on an iPhone? Actions to remove unwanted contacts are identical on all devices, as well as blocking unwanted subscribers. To annoying interlocutors could not get messages, calls, you must:
- enter the "Settings" messenger and select the item "Accounts" - "Confidentiality";
- in this section there is an item “Blocked”, which should be selected;
- all unwanted subscribers are added to this section, but only from the list of your contacts.
If the annoying interlocutor is not in the list of your contacts, that is, the number is not saved in the phone book, then you can add the subscriber to the black list from the chat page. To do this, open a chat with a number that you would like to add to blocked ones. Then, on the chat menu page, select block the contact. Similarly, contacts on Android are blocked.
Blocked List
And how to remove a contact in "Vatsap" on the phone from the black list? Sometimes it happens that you need to contact the subscriber who is on this list. To do this, open the page with blocked contacts. From the list that appears, select the subscriber whom you want to unblock and click on it. Then the messenger will clarify whether you want to unlock the number or not. Confirming your action, the subscriber will be unlocked and will be able to send you messages, call.
You can also remove the subscriber from the list of blocked via chat. This procedure is the same as adding to the blacklist, but only in the reverse order.