How do I use WhatsApp Status?

WhatsApp Status allows you to share photos, videos and animated GIFs that disappear after 24 hours. Your status updates are only visible to the contacts you have saved in your phone's address book.

To view someone's status update, tap the Status tab and select a contact's status. To reply to one of your contact's status updates, tap Reply at the bottom of the screen while viewing their status.

Adding your own status update

To add a status update:

1. Go to the Status screen.
2. Tap the status  icon.
3. You can take a new photo or record a new video, or choose an existing one from the picker, then tap the send  button.

You can also add a caption and personalize your status updates by adding emojis, text and freehanded drawings to your photos and videos. Learn how in our FAQ.

Changing your status privacy

Your status updates cannot be seen by people whose numbers are not saved in your phone's address book. You can choose to share your status updates with all of your contacts, or with selected contacts only. By default, your status updates are set to be shared with all your contacts.

To change your status privacy:

1. Go to the Status screen.
2. Tap the Menu Button > Status privacy.
3. Choose who can see your status updates.

Note: Changes to your privacy settings won't affect status updates that you've already sent.

If you have disabled Read Receipts, you will not be able to see who's viewed your status update. If a contact has disabled Read Receipts, you will not be able to see that they have viewed your status update. For more info on Read Receipts, please read this article.

Manually deleting a status update

Status updates automatically disappear after 24 hours. You can also manually delete a status update, which removes it from your contact's phones.

To manually delete a status update:

1. Go to the Status screen.
2. Tap the three dots next to My status > tap and hold your status update.
3. Tap the trash can icon > Delete.

Muting a status update

You can mute the status updates of a particular contact so they won't appear at the top of the status list anymore.

To mute a status update:

1. Go to the Status screen.
2. Tap and hold your contact's status update.
3. Tap Mute.

To unmute a status update:

1. Go to the Status screen.
2. Scroll down to see the Muted statuses and tap and hold your contact's status update.
3. Tap Unmute.

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