How to mute or unmute a contact’s status update
Android
iPhone
KaiOS
Status updates automatically disappear after 24 hours. If you don't wish to see a specific contact's status updates, you can mute their status updates so they won't appear towards the top of the Status tab anymore.
Mute a contact’s status update
- Open WhatsApp > Status.
- Tap and hold your contact's status update.
- Tap Mute.
Unmute a contact’s status update
- Open WhatsApp > Status.
- Scroll down to the Muted updates section.
- Tap and hold your contact's status update.
- Tap Unmute.