If you are a WhatsApp user you will probably want to know how to delete contacts on WhatsApp. The following article will share 2 simple ways to delete contacts on WhatsApp. Don’t worry about deleting these contacts, it doesn’t make you obnoxious, it just saves you from talking to people you don’t like.
Method 1: delete contacts on WhatsApp
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Locate the contact you want to delete in your contact list. Remove it.
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Navigate to the contacts page of WhatsApp.
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Select “Update” from the menu. The contact will disappear from your list of contacts.
It is important to note that this approach has a drawback in that you will no longer have that contact’s phone number, which might not be very practical.
Use step 2 if you want to maintain your contact’s phone number but yet remove them from WhatsApp.
Method 2: Block the phone number of your contact
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Navigate to the contacts page of WhatsApp.
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Decide which contact you want to remove.
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Select the “More” option from the contact’s settings menu.
You will notice a number of options, “Block” being one of them. You should confirm when WhatsApp asks you if you wish to block the contact.
Once you’ve banned a contact, they won’t be able to send you messages, view your profile photo, or know when you last connected to WhatsApp.
This method has the advantage of allowing you to erase contacts from WhatsApp without also removing their phone number from your phone’s contact list.
