Understand how to block someone on WhatsApp

Even if you don't know directly, you can see by looking at some signs whether someone has blocked you on WhatsApp or not

A new word is being heard called 'Sin-John'. The term is used when someone ‘messages’ a message on Messenger or WhatsApp, but does not reply. Worse still, if someone blocks it. There is no chance to know whether he saw the message or not.

WhatsApp's block option is quite useful. Especially if you don't want to receive messages or phone calls from anyone. But suppose someone blocks you, but you don't know. In this case, if you send a message, the message will not reach. The wait will not end. The advantage is if you can find out if the recipient has blocked you.

WhatsApp is not notified if someone is blocked for the sake of user privacy. There is no way to know directly. However, you can see several symptoms. If most match, you can assume you have been blocked. Symptoms include:

If online status is not shown

If it doesn't show if a user is online, ie online status or when you were last online, that user may have blocked you. However, some users can turn off their online status as part of their privacy settings. In that case you can keep other things in mind.

Not showing profile picture

One of the signs of blocking is not showing a user's profile picture. However, he may not have fixed any profile picture.

A tick in the sent message

Sent a message. However, as in WhatsApp, when the message reaches the recipient's smartphone, it shows two tick marks, not one. This means the message did not reach the recipient. There are several reasons for this. The recipient's smartphone may be off. A tick mark will appear even if you are offline or delete WhatsApp. Again the user will show a tick mark even if you block.

If you can't call

If someone is blocked on WhatsApp, you will not be able to make audio or video calls to them.

If you want to unblock someone

If you want to see the list of people you have blocked, you have to go to the account option from the settings by clicking on the three dotted icon from the top right of WhatsApp. Then you will get the list if you go to blocked contacts from privacy. Unblock whoever you want from there. You can also block if you want.