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  • When you block someone on WhatsApp,

  • they will not be notified.

  • You will stop receiving messages and calls

  • from the contact you have blocked.

  • Even if they continue to send messages,

  • the messages won't show up on your phone.

  • Any messages they send

  • will show the message-sent mark on their end,

  • but not the message-delivered mark.

  • The contact you have blocked will no longer

  • be able to see your status updates or profile picture.

  • You cannot send messages or calls to this contact

  • unless you unblock them.

  • Here are some things that do not change

  • after you have blocked someone.

  • Blocking someone does not remove them from your contacts.

  • They will still show up in your list of contacts,

  • but you can remove them from your phone book.

  • Also, preexisting group chats will remain unaffected.

  • So if you are already in a group chat

  • with your blocked contact before you block them,

  • they can still contact you there.

When you block someone on WhatsApp,

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