Online Special • Created August 9, 2017 14:08

Using WhatsApp Status for beginners

WhatsApp messaging app keeps adding new features. one of such is ‘Status’. The Status allows you to share photos, videos and animated GIFs that disappear after 24 hours. However  in order to send and receive status updates to and from your contacts, both you and your contacts must have each other’s phone numbers saved in […]

Using WhatsApp Status for beginners
Using WhatsApp Status for beginners

WhatsApp messaging app keeps adding new features. one of such is ‘Status’.

The Status allows you to share photos, videos and animated GIFs that disappear after 24 hours.

However  in order to send and receive status updates to and from your contacts, both you and your contacts must have each other’s phone numbers saved in your address books.

So how do you go about it. Here is WhatsApp guide for using status.

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.

To add a status update:

  • Go to the Status screen.
  • Tap the status  icon.
  • 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. 

To change 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.

  • Go to the Status screen.
  • Tap Privacy on the top left of your screen.
  • 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.

To forward your status update to a chat:

  • Go to the Status screen.
  • Tap the three dots next to My Status.
  • Tap Edit on the top right of your screen.

Select the status updates you wish to forward, then tap Forward.

Choose from Frequently Contacted, Recent Chats or use the Search bar to look for a contact or group, then tap Forward.

To manually delete your status update:

Status updates automatically disappear after 24 hours. You can also manually delete your status update, which removes it from your contacts’ phones.

  • Go to the Status screen.
  • Tap the three dots next to My Status.
  • Swipe left on the status update you wish to delete.
  • Tap Delete.

To manually delete multiple status updates:

  • Go to the Status screen.
  • Tap the three dots next to My Status.
  • Tap Edit on the top right of your screen.
  • Select the status updates you wish to delete, then tap Delete.

To mute 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.

  • Go to the Status screen.
  • Swipe left on your contact’s status update you wish to mute.
  • Tap Mute.

To unmute a status update:

  • Go to the Status screen.
  • Scroll down to see the Muted statuses.
  • Swipe left on your contact’s status update you wish to unmute.
  • Tap Unmute.

 

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