If we have been using WhatsApp for some time this guide may seem trivial, however those who recently use a smartphone may not be familiar with how the WhatsApp app works, finding difficulties even in deleting a contact from their list in the chat. The key point is to understand that every person who has registered with WhatsApp with their own phone number is potentially reachable by anyone who knows the number, since the phone book is used to find contacts.
If we notice that some contacts that we don't know start chatting with us, we can delete them and block them if they persist.
In this guide we will show you how to delete contacts in WhatsApp and make sure that it does not appear anymore, so as not to open a chat with it even by mistake.
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1) How to delete WhatsApp contacts on Android
If we have an Android smartphone, we open the WhatsApp app for Android, we long press with the finger on the chat we want to delete, then we carry out the actual cancellation by clicking on the trash can icon, present on the top bar of the 'app.
Obviously this only deletes the chat, but not the contact (which will remain available for new chats in the future).
To completely delete a contact, select the chat symbol at the bottom right, click on the three dots at the top and select Contacts .
Our app will open to manage the address book, from which we will have to select the offending contact and delete it.
If the contact only had numbers, without any name, it may be a good idea to mark it before deleting it from the address book since, if there are many unknown numbers, it could become a business to recognize the one to be deleted.
2) How to delete WhatsApp contacts on iPhone
On an iPhone the procedure is completely similar, in fact only the interface changes.
To delete WhatsApp contacts on iPhone we open the app on our smartphone, go to the Chat menu at the bottom, then select the Edit button at the top and indicate the chat or chats to be deleted; to complete the operation, simply use the Delete item, present in this screen at the bottom right.
The chat with the contact will no longer be displayed, but we can still add it by mistake; to permanently delete it from our phone, open the Contacts app, tap on the contact's name or number, select the Edit item at the top right and finally scroll to the new screen until you find the Delete contact item.
In this way the number will be deleted from the address book and can no longer appear among those available on WhatsApp.
3) Delete a contact from a WhatsApp group
Is the contact to be deleted present in a group?
In this case we can intervene by eliminating it from the group itself, but only if we are the group administrators.
First we open the group in which the contacts to be deleted are present, select the three dots at the top right and then the Group info item.
Scroll down the screen until you find the section where the participants are present, with the administrators at the top; if we are among the latter, we can eliminate the contacts from the group without problems.
To do this, we remain in the participants section of the Group info screen, we keep our finger pressed on the contact or number to be removed, then we use the Remove item.
If the contact we intend to delete is also group administrator, we can still remove it first by revoking the administrator permissions (with the Remove from administrators item), then using the Remove item as seen previously.
After removing it from the group, we can proceed with its elimination as a contact by following the steps described in the first two chapters of the guide.
4) Block an annoying contact
Once the contact has been deleted from Whatsapp and from the address book, the person will still be able to write to us if he has our number in his address book of the phone and WhatsApp: the changes we have applied above are valid only on our phone and on our account!
If we want to avoid any kind of contact with this person or we want to prevent him from contacting us in the future, just take advantage of the contact blocking feature of WhatsApp .
To block a known contact, however, this person's number must be present in the contacts: if you want to block a number you must therefore proceed before deleting it from the address book.
After identifying the contact to be blocked, just go to the Settings menu -> Account -> Privacy -> Contacts blocked and click on the address book symbol at the top right, so you can view, among the WhatsApp contacts, which one to add to the list of block.
Once added to this screen, the contact will no longer be able to send us any messages, open chats or make calls: in fact, it's like not having him in the way anymore!
After we add it to this block list, we can follow the methods seen in the other chapters of this guide to clear the chat and delete the contact.
It is also possible to block an unknown number or a contact never seen in our address book : n in this case we can act by opening the conversation, pressing the button with three dots at the top right, then on Other and selecting the Block command.
If we want to deepen the discussion on the blocks applicable on WhatsApp, we invite you to read our guide on how to block a contact in Whatsapp and what it means .
If instead our goal is to chat anonymously and remain invisible, hiding the last access, we invite you to read our guide on how to stay invisible on Whatsapp to hide the last access .
