if i mute someone status on whatsapp what happens

When you mute someone’s status on WhatsApp, nothing changes for them – it only changes how you see their updates.

What actually happens

• Their future status updates stop appearing in your main “Recent updates” list and move to a “Muted updates” section at the bottom of the Status tab.

• You can still view their statuses if you scroll down to the muted section and tap them manually.

• You don’t get notifications or pop‑ups for their new statuses.

• The person is not notified that you muted their status, and there’s no way for them to see it from their side.

• Muting status does not affect chats: their messages, calls, and your ability to see each other’s profile photos/last seen all work as normal.

Mini “story” example

Imagine someone posts 20 random quotes every day. You mute their status once, and from then on:

• Your main status feed looks calmer because their posts no longer sit at the top.

• On a bored evening, you can still scroll down to “Muted updates” and binge all their statuses if you feel like it.

They keep posting like nothing changed – only your view has quietly filtered them out.

Extra notes

• You can unmute them anytime by going to the muted section, opening their status, and choosing “Unmute”.

• Muting chat and muting status are separate: to silence both messages and statuses, you have to mute each one individually.

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