If you want to keep your activity hidden on WhatsApp, you can use workarounds so that your profile is not seen when viewing a WhatsApp status. Here’s a look at the methods you can use.
1. Enable Airplane Mode Before Checking Their Status
A quick way to check out a WhatsApp status without anyone knowing is to enable airplane mode on your device. you may manually disable your Wi-Fi or mobile data connection, but airplane mode is designed to disable all wireless and cellular signals from the phone.
Even if you have no internet connection, you can still check their status as your phone temporarily saves it as cached data. Open theUpdatestab on WhatsApp and tap on the status that you want to check out.
WhatsApp’s Read Receipts feature mostly affects sent or received messages. With the feature disabled, WhatsApp will not display the two blue checkmarks below the messages that you’ve read. So senders can view their messages as “Delivered”, but you canread WhatsApp messages without the sender knowing.
The same goes for WhatsApp statuses. If you disable Read Receipts, WhatsApp will not inform them about you viewing their status. Read Receipts is enabled by default, so here’s how you may turn it off:
3. Use a Third-Party App
Another method to check out someone’s WhatsApp status without them knowing is to use a third-party app. However, it should be noted that third-party apps are against WhatsApp’s terms of service and using a third-party app comes with the risk of having your account banned or exposing your personal data and login credentials.
Secretly Check Statuses on WhatsApp
Similar to other social media platforms, content posted as status on WhatsApp will be available for 24 hours. So, you should try one of the methods before the time runs out.
Now, if you don’t want anyone to check out your status on WhatsApp, you can delete their number from your contacts or block them.
