Again and again it can make sense to clear out the cell phone. You want to delete some contacts on WhatsApp – but what does the other see? We’ll tell you.
The old acquaintance from school, a person from a university group work or simply the ex-boyfriend with whom you have long since graduated – it can make sense to look through your WhatsApp contacts and see if you can clean up. But if you make up your mind and with WhatsApp contacts delete what the other sees then from you? Does he get any of this? We’ll tell you.
Delete WhatsApp contacts: what does the other see?
There are numerous reasons to delete WhatsApp contacts. “But what does the other see of me then,” you ask yourself? We can calm you down if you are afraid that the distant person will notice. Because she doesn’t. She does not receive a message like “Contact XY has just deleted you”.
With WhatsApp itself, you can only delete chat histories, but not contacts. So if you want to delete a contact on WhatsApp, it is necessary to completely remove the person’s mobile phone number from your smartphone’s address book. Only then will it no longer be displayed in your WhatsApp contacts.
Contact deleted from mobile phone: What now?
What someone who has been deleted from the phone book can see of you now depends on the settings you have made on the Messenger. Under “Account” and “Privacy” in the WhatsApp settings you can view this and change it if necessary.
With the items “Last online”, “Profile picture” and “Info” you can define who is allowed to see this information from you. You can choose between “Everyone”, “My Contacts” and “Nobody”. So if you want that your deleted contacts cannot see any of them, then you should set “My contacts”. This means that someone who you have removed cannot see when you were last online, cannot access your profile picture and cannot see any other information about you.
Please note: Even if you have deleted a person and set everything to “My contacts” in the data protection settings, your contact can still see when you are online. He can also see your shared chat history and continue to write to you. If you want to prevent this, you have to block the person. You can find out how to block people on WhatsApp here.
Conclusion: The deleted person receives next to nothing
The question, “if I delete contacts on WhatsApp, what does the other see?” Is answered: The deleted person hardly notices anything if they are not very attentive.
If you want to deactivate WhatsApp calls, just follow these instructions. You can find out what your messenger reveals about your use from the WhatsApp statistics. And how you can use WhatsApp on your PC, we’ll tell you here.