About status mentions

We’re building and testing out new features, like Status Mentions, and they may not be available to you yet. In the meantime, we recommend keeping WhatsApp updated on your device so you can get the feature as soon as it's available.
Mention someone to let them know you’ve shared a status for them to see. Mentioned people can view the status and reshare it to their audience. If you’re mentioned by someone, only you can see you were mentioned.

Mentioning someone in your status

You can mention up to 5 people on a status at a time.
When you mention someone in your status they’ll:
  • Be able to see your status, even if they aren’t in your status audience. This won’t change the audience settings for future status updates. Learn more about status privacy settings here.
  • Get a message from you in the Chats tab saying you mentioned them with a link to the status. If you mention multiple people in one status, they’ll be notified separately and won’t see each other.
  • Can edit and reshare the content of your status to their own audience. Resharing allows their audience to see the content of your status, but doesn’t reveal your name, profile info or phone number.
Learn how to mention someone when creating a status.

Being mentioned in a status

Any WhatsApp user may mention you in a status, not just your contacts. For example, people in the same WhatsApp Group or Community could mention you to share a status update.
When someone mentions you in their status, you’ll receive a new message between you both in the Chats tab.
If you’re mentioned in someone else’s status:
  • Other people viewing the status can’t see you were mentioned—not even other people who were mentioned.
  • You may reshare the status content as your own. When you reshare a status, you’ll be able to edit the content of the status and choose your audience before sharing as usual.
Learn how to reshare a status.

Controlling who can send you mentions

To stop receiving status mentions from a specific person, you can block the person. If you don’t want to be notified when someone mentions you, archive your chat with them or mute notifications for that chat.
Note: If you muted someone’s status, they can still send you a chat with a mention, but their updates will remain hidden from view in the Updates tab. You can still see the status you were mentioned in.
If you think the status you were mentioned in included problematic content or spam, you can report it.

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