WhatsApp has become the main communication channel for Spaniards and also for much of the planet. From our mobile phone, the Facebook application allows us to exchange messages with family, friends or co-workers, share videos, photos, make calls and video calls€
But thanks to the profile photos, the information that we can add or the states, WhatsApp it has also adopted the characteristics of a social network. In addition to being able to know what others are doing, the app allows us to manage the digital relationship with our contacts.
For this reason, as with other social networks, we like to know who saves our phone number as a contact and who does not: old friends, former co-workers, ex-partners, relatives, etc. WhatsApp does not offer this data, but there is a trick that will allow us to know it.
The key is the broadcast list tool. The steps are simple:
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We created a new broadcast list.
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We send any message through this list.
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We wait for the recipients to be able to read the message. Then, we click on the message and on the ‘Info’ option. There, WhatsApp will show us the phones of those who have received and read the message, also in the case of people who have our WhatsApp number as a contact, even if they are not included among those that we keep in our agenda.
If we have reached this point, it may be because we do not want that person to see our data profile or other information. To solve this privacy problem, we can choose two ways.
One is to choose the most restrictive options in ‘Privacy’, that is, select ‘Just my contacts’ o ‘No one‘ in the ‘Time of last time’, ‘Profile picture’, ‘Info’ or ‘Status’ options.
But sometimes it may happen that we have no problem showing all or part of that information to third parties, but to some in particular. In that case, it would be best block that person in the app. If it is not on our agenda, it should be added to later formalize that block by opening a chat and clicking on the buttons at the top until you find the option ‘Block‘.