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How to delete a contact
Android
iOS
Android
iOS
WhatsApp recognizes which of your contacts are using WhatsApp by accessing your phone's address book. You can delete a contact from your phone's address book, but you can't delete a contact within WhatsApp.
To delete a contact from your address book:
- Go to the Chats tab and tap .
- Tap the contact’s name to open your shared chat.
- Tap their name again.
- Tap > Edit.
- Tap > Delete.
- Refresh your WhatsApp contacts:
- Tap > > Refresh.
Note:
- Users aren't notified when you delete them from your address book.
- If you delete a contact from your address book, your WhatsApp chat history will not be deleted. Learn how to delete a chat.
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- How to delete chats