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It's fun to know who has viewed your status. Are you having trouble figuring out how to view your status? In order to know who has viewed your status, you must have read receipts enabled. The person viewing your status must also have read receipts enabled. This wikiHow teaches you how to see a list of everybody who viewed your status on WhatsApp .
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Open WhatsApp . Tap the WhatsApp app icon, which looks like a green box with a white speech balloon and a telephone in it. This will open your WhatsApp Chats page if you're logged into WhatsApp.- If you aren't logged in, enter your phone number and verify it when prompted before proceeding.
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Make sure you have read receipts enabled. If you aren't seeing views even though you know that people are viewing your status, you probably need to enable read receipts. The person viewing your status must also have read receipts enabled on their end in order for you to know if they have viewed your status as well. Use the following steps to enable read receipts: [1] X Research source- Tap Settings in the bottom-right corner.
- Tap Account .
- Tap Privacy .
- Tap the toggle switch next to "Read receipts".
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Tap Status . It's a circular icon in the bottom-left corner of the screen. [2] X Research source- If WhatsApp opens up to a conversation, first tap the back button in the upper-left corner.
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Tap My Status . This option should be at the top of the Status page. -
Select a status. Tap the status for which you want to see the views. -
Tap theicon. It's at the bottom of the screen, just above an eye-shaped icon. Doing so will expand the icon into a list of people who have viewed your status. [3] X Research source
- If you see "0" next to the eye-shaped icon, no one has seen your status yet.
- Even if people see your status immediately, it can take several minutes for views to show up on your side.
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Open WhatsApp. Tap the WhatsApp app icon, which looks like a green box with a white speech balloon and a telephone in it. This will open your WhatsApp Chats page if you're logged into WhatsApp.- If you aren't logged in, enter your phone number and verify it when prompted before proceeding.
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Make sure you have read receipts enabled. If you aren't seeing views even though you know that people are viewing your status, you probably need to enable read receipts. The person viewing your status must also have read receipts enabled on their end for you to know if they've read your status as well. Use the following steps to enable read receipts: [4] X Research source- Tap ⋮ in the top-right corner.
- Tap Settings .
- Tap Account .
- Tap Privacy .
- Tap the toggle switch next to "Read receipts".
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3Tapuntil you return to the Chats page. The arrow pointing left in the upper-left corner takes you back to the previous page. Tap the back arrow icon until you return to the page with the three tabs at the top.
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Tap the STATUS tab. It's the second tab at the top of the screen in the center.- If WhatsApp opens up to a conversation, first tap the back button in the upper-left corner.
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Tap My status . You'll find it at the top of the screen. Doing so opens your status. [5] X Research source- If you have multiple statuses posted, this will launch the first status you posted in the last 24 hours.
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6Tap a status. This displays the entire status in the full screen.
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Swipe up the screen. This will bring up a list of everybody who viewed this Status. The list will be different for every other Status update in your My Status queue. [6] X Research source- If you see "0" next to the eye-shaped icon at the bottom of the screen, no one has seen your status yet.
- Even if people see your status immediately, it can take several minutes for views to show up on your side.
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QuestionIf i choose share only with.,does it alert the particular person?Community AnswerIt doesn’t give the alert but will be visible only to the selected person when that person opens and views the statuses in his/her device.
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QuestionHow do I know those who read my WhatsApp status with disabled receipts?Community AnswerUnless they re-enable their read receipts during the 24 hours in which case the read receipt will be sent even though they viewed the story before re-enabling, you just can't.
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QuestionHow do I block people from seeing my WhatsApp account?Community AnswerEveryone with your number can see your profile, but you can limit what they can see by simply blocking them or changing your privacy settings so that your profile picture, for example, is only visible to your contacts or no one.
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Warnings
- There are ways around viewing statuses without the status poster knowing. Because of this, the number of people who viewed your status may be higher than you can see.Thanks
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References
- ↑ https://faq.whatsapp.com/665923838265756/?cms_platform=iphone
- ↑ https://social.techjunkie.com/see-who-viewed-whatsapp-status/
- ↑ https://www.followchain.org/who-viewed-whatsapp-profile-or-status/
- ↑ https://faq.whatsapp.com/665923838265756/?cms_platform=android
- ↑ https://social.techjunkie.com/see-who-viewed-whatsapp-status/
- ↑ https://www.followchain.org/who-viewed-whatsapp-profile-or-status/
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Open WhatsApp.
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Tap Status
in the lower-left corner.
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Tap My Status
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Swipe up on every Status.
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