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Latest Ways to Privacy WA Status on iPhone and Android

By Yama

There is a way to privacy WA status on iPhone and Android, the aim is so that only certain people can see your WhatsApp status.

Story or status is one of the cool features in the WhatsApp application. WhatsApp users can share information and activities in the form of text, images and videos (maximum duration 30 seconds) via WhatsApp status.

WhatsApp status can be seen by friends on the contact list provided that both WhatsApp users save each other’s WhatsApp cellphone numbers. If one of the users does not save, the status will not appear in the WA status menu.

WhatsApp users can also control who can see their WhatsApp status. The way to do this is by setting who can see the status via the WhatsApp status settings menu.

As per the title of this article, here I will discuss how to privacy WhatsApp status.

How to Privacy WA Status on iPhone

How to set WA status privacy is very easy, just open WhatsApp, go to settings and set Status Privacy to see who can see your status.

There are 3 WhatsApp status settings options, namely My contacts, My contacts, except and Only shared with certain people.

  1. Open the WhatsApp application on iPhone.
  2. Enter the menu Arrangement.
  3. Select an option Privacy.
  4. Then select Status.
  5. Then select the option “Share Only With…“.
  6. Please select a list of contacts who can see your WA status.
  7. If so, click Finished.

How to Privacy WA Status on Android

Both ways to privacy WA status on iPhone or Android, the method is the same. However, if you are a beginner who doesn’t understand how to use WA on Android, here are the steps on how to privacy WA status on Android for someone:

  1. Open the WhatsApp application.
  2. Open WhatsApp settings by pressing the three dots button in the top right corner.
    3. wa status window
  3. Select an option Settings.
    4. WA status settings
  4. Next select settings Account which includes privacy, security and changing numbers.
    5. WA status account settings
  5. In the Account settings window select Privacy.
    6. WA status privacy settings
  6. To set status privacy, please select the menu Status.
    7. WA status privacy settings
  7. In the option of who can see my status updates, please select “Only shared with…“.
    8. WA status is only shared with selected people
  8. Furthermore select contacts anyone you want to see your WhatsApp status.
    9. Select contacts who can see my WA status
  9. If you have saved your WA status privacy settings by pressing the button checklist
  10. Finished.

Actually, in step 3 you can directly select Status privacy to set WhatsApp status privacy, but in the above method, deliberately go to Settings first so that you know and are familiar with the settings in the WhatsApp application.

Someone’s Reason for WA Status Privacy

There must be certain reasons why uploaded WhatsApp statuses are better kept private. Here are some reasons why someone changes their WA status privacy:

  • Status messages that are uploaded specifically are only intended for certain people such as parents, siblings, friends or girlfriends.
  • Don’t want to offend other people’s feelings, for example you are holding an event at home but don’t invite them.
  • Don’t want other people to know that you are sad, confused or other bad things.
  • Embarrassed by the status you created, for example uploading a selfie photo status.
  • Fear of getting angry, angry and being criticized badly is not a strange thing for Indonesians.
  • It’s annoying if the uploaded WA status is always commented on, especially if it’s the same person all the time.
  • Hidden behind means that you are not included in the list of contacts who can see your status and in the end you prefer to hide your status from someone.

The final word

That’s a guide on how to privacy WA status so that only certain people can see our status. With these settings, you don’t need to be afraid of your status being seen by friends on your contact list.

That’s all for this WhatsApp tutorial article, I hope it can help.