Your WhatsApp status (which is displayed as a story) is visible to everyone on your contact list by default. However, you may want to hide your status from certain friends. Here’s how you can do that in WhatsApp.
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How to hide your WhatsApp status from certain friends
Unlike Facebook, WhatsApp does not allow you to put certain restrictions on status updates for selected people. However, you can limit who can see your status updates.
To get started, open the WhatsApp app on your iPhone or Android.
Tap the “Settings” button at the bottom left of the iPhone. On Android, you need to tap the three vertical dots and select “Settings”.
Select “Account.”
Next, tap on “Privacy.”
Then tap “Status.”
Select “My Contacts Save” option, and you will then need to select the specific friends from whom you would like to hide your future WhatsApp status. You can scroll and select the contacts or search by name.
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Tap “Done” after selecting the relevant contacts.
Now select the “Status” in the lower left corner, tap on your profile icon and add a new status to test the new changes.
You can also turn off read receipts so these friends don’t know you’ve read their messages.
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