We all have faced situations like receiving messages or calls from unknown numbers on WhatsApp or a few contacts sharing rumors or sending spam messages and let’s admit it nobody likes that. To stop these messages and random calls, WhatsApp has a solution for its users. Users can either block the contact or an unknown number and can also report the contact.
Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to block or report a contact;
Block A Contact
Through settings
- Open Whatsapp, tap More Options
- Go to Settings
- Tap Privacy>Blocked contacts
- Tap Add
- Search for or select the contact to be blocked
Through Chat
- Open a Chat with the contact, tap More>Block>Block. You can also report the contact by tapping Report contact>Block.
- Open a Chat with the contact, then tap the name of the contact>Block>Block.
Block an unknown phone number
- Open the WhatsApp chat with the unknown phone number
- Tap Block. You can also report the contact by tapping Report contact>Block.
Report A Contact
- Open the Chat with the contact you want to report
- Tap More options: More>Report
(You can also block the user and delete messages in the chat)
- Tap Report
Users need to remember that blocking a contact does not mean it will be removed from your contact list. Also, if you unblock a contact in the future, you won’t receive any messages, calls or status updates the contact sent you during the time they were blocked. While reporting a contact, Whatsapp will receive the last five messages sent to you by the reported user or group along with when the message was sent, user ID, and type of message sent.
