Status allows you to share text, photo, video and GIF updates that disappear after 24 hours. In order to send and receive status updates to and from your contacts, you and your contacts must have each other's phone numbers saved in your phones’ address books.

To view or reply to a status update

• To view a contact's status update, tap the STATUS tab, then the contact’s status update.
• To reply to a contact's status update, tap REPLY while viewing.

To create and send a status update

1. Tap the STATUS tab.
2. Tap:
   • Text to compose a written status update. You can tap Emoji to add emoji or GIFs, T to pick a font or Color to pick a background color.
   • Camera or My status to take a photo, record a video or GIF or choose an existing photo, video or GIF from the picker. You can also add a caption or make edits to the photo, video or GIF, which you can learn how to do in this article.
3. Tap Send.

Alternatively, you can create and send a picture, video or GIF status update by going to the CHATS tab, then tapping Camera.

To delete your status update

1. Tap the STATUS tab.
2. Tap More by My status.
3. You have a couple options:
   • Tap More by the status update you want to delete. Then tap Delete > DELETE.
   • Tap and hold the status update you want to delete. If you want to delete multiple status updates, tap and hold each status update. Then tap Delete > DELETE.

To forward your status update

1. Tap the STATUS tab.
2. Tap More by My status.
3. You have a couple options:
   • Tap More by the status update you want to forward, then tap Forward.
   • Tap and hold the status update you want to forward. If you want to forward multiple status updates, tap and hold each status update. Then tap Forward.
4. Search for or select the individual chats or groups you want to forward to.
5. Tap Send.

How to mute or unmute a contact’s status update

To mute a contact’s status update

You can mute the status updates of a particular contact so they won't appear towards the top of the STATUS tab anymore.

1. Tap the STATUS tab.
2. Tap and hold your contact's status update.
3. Tap MUTE.

To unmute a contact’s status update

1. Tap the STATUS tab.
2. Scroll down to the Muted updates section.
3. Tap and hold your contact's status update.
4. Tap UNMUTE.

Resources

• Learn how to share WhatsApp status updates to other apps in this article.
• Learn more about status privacy in this article.
• Learn how to use status on: iPhone