3 Fixes for WhatsApp Status Not Showing

Your contacts can’t see your WhatsApp status once 24 hours have passed since it was uploaded. Neither can you. But something isn’t right if WhatsApp status is not showing to your contacts even before that time has passed or you can’t see other’s status. I have some simple steps you can follow to fix this annoying problem.

Before You Begin

Have you tried these:

1. Check Privacy Settings

WhatsApp has Status privacy settings that determine who can see the Status despite people being in each other’s contact list. If you can’t see someone’s Status updates or someone calls you to complain they can’t see your Status updates, recheck privacy settings once.

To manage privacy settings for WhatsApp Status:

Open WhatsApp, go toSettings > Privacy > Status. You will see three options:

Tap onEditbutton to add names. Steps for Android and iOS are the same except for some minor UI differences.

Note:Changes to Status privacy settings won’t affect status updates already sent.

2. Check Under Muted Status

You may have muted someone’s status because they were uploading way too many status updates for you. Similarly, someone else may have muted your Status updates for any reason. In such cases, status updates will appear under Muted section.

To check WhatsApp Status updates, go toUpdatestab, scroll to the last status update, and tap onMutedto expand to expand it. You will find all muted profiles here that have updated their status in the previous 24 hours. It is fairly easy tounmute someone on WhatsApp.

3. Check Blocked Contact List

Well, you may have blocked their contact or they yours accidentally, while binge drinking, or in a fit of rage. It’s okay. Happens.

To check the blocked contact list:

Open WhatsApp, and go toSettings > Privacy > Blockedto find a list of all the contacts you have blocked so far. Tap to open the contact and selectUnblock name/numberat the bottom.

Note:Blocked contacts are listed in alphabetical order with those saved in your contact list appearing first.

And that’s it.

Imagine you are at a wedding and someone shares your group photo as a WhatsApp Status but it is not showing up on your Android or iOS smartphones. Frustrating, right? Hopefully, it is fixed now.

Did you know you can create call links on WhatsApp? Learnhow to create and share call links on WhatsApp.

Gaurav Bidasaria

Gaurav is an editor here at TechWiser but also contributes as a writer. He has more than 10 years of experience as a writer and has written how-to guides, comparisons, listicles, and in-depth explainers on Windows, Android, web, and cloud apps, and the Apple ecosystem.

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3 Fixes for WhatsApp Status Not Showing