WhatsApp status is a feature that allows users to share text, photos, videos and GIFs that disappear after 24 hours. If someone has hidden you on WhatsApp, you won’t be able to view their status updates anymore. However, there are a few tricks and workarounds that can potentially allow you to view someone’s status even after they’ve hidden you.
In this article, we’ll explore some methods that may work to view someone’s WhatsApp status when they’ve hidden you. We’ll also look at the ethics behind trying to view someone’s private updates when they’ve deliberately blocked you. While some of these tricks may technically work, it’s important to consider the privacy and wishes of the other person.
Why You Might Want to View a Hidden Contact’s Status
Here are some common reasons why people want to view the WhatsApp status of someone who has hidden them:
– Curiosity or nosiness: You want to know what they are up to out of sheer curiosity or nosiness.
– Relationship problems: You were in a relationship with this person and want to see if they are moving on.
– Jealousy: You think this person may be interested in someone else and want to see if their status reveals anything.
– Suspicion: You suspect the person may be badmouthing you or spreading rumors.
– Making amends: You had a fight with the person and want to see their status to find a way to reconcile.
– Accidental hide: You think the person hid you by mistake and want to confirm.
While some of these reasons are understandable, it’s important to respect someone’s privacy and space if they have intentionally hidden you. Viewing their status without consent is unethical.
Can You Actually View a Hidden Contact’s Status?
The short answer is no, there is no direct way to view someone’s WhatsApp status if they have hidden you. When someone hides you, WhatsApp blocks you from viewing any of their status updates. This is by design to allow users to control their privacy.
However, there are some workaround methods that may technically allow you to get a glimpse of a hidden contact’s status in specific situations. But these come with caveats:
– They are not guaranteed to work in every case.
– They rely on technical loopholes that may stop working if WhatsApp patches them up.
– Using them to view someone’s status without consent raises ethical concerns.
Unofficial Methods to Try and View Hidden Status
Here are some unofficial workarounds that some people have used to attempt to view a hidden contact’s WhatsApp status:
1. View Online Status
While you can’t view the actual status update, you can still see when a hidden contact was last online on WhatsApp. This can give you an indication if they were actively using WhatsApp web recently to post a status update.
However, this is an indirect method and you won’t see the actual content of their status update. Also, the last seen timestamp is not always accurate.
2. Use WhatsApp Web
When someone hides you on the WhatsApp mobile app, you can still continue viewing their status updates on WhatsApp Web as long as you stay logged in. However, once you log out of WhatsApp web and log back in, you will no longer be able to see their status.
So if you had already viewed the person’s status on WhatsApp web before being hidden, this can allow you to keep viewing it until you log out. But it’s only temporary.
3. Use a Friend’s Phone
If you have a mutual friend with this person who has not hidden you, you can try viewing the status from your friend’s device. Of course, this means you need physical access to your friend’s unlocked phone which raises privacy issues for your friend as well.
And if your friend respects the hider’s privacy, they may not allow you access. So this method has very limited practical scope.
4. Use WhatsApp Mod Apps
There are some unofficial and modified (“mod”) versions of WhatsApp like GBWhatsApp that claim to allow you to view even hidden statuses. However, using them violates WhatsApp’s terms and conditions.
These mod apps are not endorsed by WhatsApp, may have security risks, can get your account banned, and are legally questionable. We do not recommend using them.
Ethical Considerations of Viewing Hidden Status
While some of the unofficial methods discussed above may technically work in very specific situations, it’s important to consider the ethics of viewing someone’s status when they have deliberately hidden you. Here are some points to keep in mind:
Respect their privacy
If someone has hidden you, it’s clearly a sign they want privacy from you. Circumventing that wish to view their status is disrespectful and an invasion of their privacy. It violates their consent.
Consider their perspective
Put yourself in their shoes. If you had hidden someone, how would you feel if they still secretly viewed your status somehow? You probably wouldn’t like it.
Reflect on your motivations
Analyze why exactly you want to view their status so badly. Are your reasons justified or healthy? Or is it an unhealthy obsession? Being emotionally dependent on someone who doesn’t want contact with you only leads to more pain.
Focus on yourself
Rather than obsessing over what a person who has excluded you is doing, focus on yourself. Invest in your own growth, wellbeing and happiness. Surround yourself with people who don’t hide you.
Accept their decision
You have to ultimately accept and respect their decision if someone doesn’t want contact with you anymore. Violating their boundaries will only make the situation worse.
Healthy Ways to Deal with Being Hidden
If someone has hidden you on WhatsApp, here are some healthy tips to deal with it:
– Be respectful of their decision and don’t take extreme measures to view their status. Doing so will be unethical and make you seem desperate or unstable.
– Give them space and try to move on. Refrain from contacting them through other means if they clearly want distance from you.
– Reflect on why they may have felt the need to hide you and see if you can improve yourself. But don’t beat yourself up excessively.
– Focus on your inner growth and wellbeing. Pursue hobbies, connect with friends, do what makes you happy.
– If you’re very bothered, have a calm, open conversation with them. But be prepared to accept if they still want distance.
– If necessary, block them as well to help yourself move on. Out of sight can lead to out of mind.
– Get closure if needed, but don’t become dependent on their attention or validation.
Conclusion
To conclude, there is no good way to view someone’s WhatsApp status if they have intentionally hidden you. While some technical loopholes may exist in rare cases, using them to bypass someone’s privacy is unethical. If someone has excluded you from viewing their status, respect their boundary. Focus on yourself and let go in a healthy manner. Invest your energy in positive relationships that bring mutual growth. With time, acceptance and self-care, you will be able to move on.