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 contact’s status update

• To view a contact's status update, tap the Status tab, then the contact’s status update.
• To reply to one of your contact's status updates, tap the Reply icon while viewing.

To create and send a status update

1. Tap the Status tab.
2. Tap:
   • add 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.
   • text to compose a written status update. You can tap Emoji to add emoji, T to pick a font or Color to pick a background color.
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. Tap the Delete icon > delete.

To forward your status update

1. Tap the Status tab.
2. Tap More by My Status.
3. 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. Long press your contact's status update.
3. Tap mute > mute.

To unmute a contact’s status update

1. Tap the Status tab.
2. Scroll down to the “muted” section.
3. Long press your contact’s status update.
4. Tap unmute > 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: Android | iPhone