Wondering why a so-called good friend of yours has not replied your message for 3 months now? Perhaps they didn’t reply to status videos as they usually used to do or didn’t answer your calls on WhatsApp. It its highly likely that you’ve been blocked. There are two ways to find out: call the person directly (as ask them if your did it) or work it out using a series of clues! Here’s how to do the latter.
To find out if you have ended up on the blacklist of your ex-girlfriend or your old companion, all you have to do is follow the steps below. Some of these steps might be tricky to apply to those using modded versions of WhatsApp.
Are they online?
As the stalker you are (admit it!) you know very well that from the green bar displayed at the top of WhatsApp, where the name of the contact is shown, you can see when the contact was last online. If you have not had access to this information for some time now, there are three possibilities: you have been blocked, your contact has decided not to share this information by selecting the dedicated setting in the privacy menu, or you have decided not to share your last online status yourself (in this case you will not be able to see the same data for your contacts either).
If you can catch your contact online then you are safe, you have not been blocked.
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How many WhatsApp CheckMarks do you see?
Another way to find out if you have been blocked on WhatsApp is to send your contact a message and count the checkmarks displayed: a single checkmark means that the message was successfully sent, two checkmarks indicate that the recipient received the message, two blue checkmarks indicate that the message was received and read! Unfortunately for you, however, by accessing Settings>Account>Privacy you can disable the read confirmations just like you can the last online status.
The situation becomes even more complicated, especially if you consider the fact that a single tick could simply indicate that the recipient has their phone off (rare case, but still possible), is not connected to the network or has shown the notification on the display without having opened the WhatsApp app (widespread among iPhone owners).
The Ultimate proof to know if you are blocked
Try adding the contact to a new group. Another way is to create a group and try to add the contact you suspect might have blocked you. If you can’t add them to the group, it probably means you’ve been blocked.
As you can see, there’s no way to verify 100 percent that you’ve been blocked on WhatsApp, and that’s no accident. As specified on the official website of the world’s most used messaging app, the developers have decided to keep this ambiguous to protect our privacy when we block one of our contacts. To find out if you’ve been blacklisted, all you have to do is put together the clues and use a little bit of intuition.
Remember that if you have been blocked, all messages sent will never be delivered to the recipient, even if/when you are unlocked. At the same time, however, when you block a contact, it will not be removed from the WhatsApp contact list, it will remain there in case you change your mind.
