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How to mute or unmute a contact’s status update
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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.
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.
- Select the contact you no longer wish to view status updates from.
- Press Mute > Mute.
Unmute a contact’s status update
- Open WhatsApp > Status.
- Scroll down to the View muted updates section.
- Select the contact’s status update you wish to unmute.
- Press Unmute > UNMUTE.