WhatsApp It is presenting updates on a weekly or monthly basis, which bring with them new tools that improve the user experience, however, the more functions that are enabled, the greater the number of tricks that will be discovered.
One of these tricks allows you to know who viewed your statuses, but you will not leave the view mark when you look at your contacts’ stories. It seems something impossible to do, since not even WhatsApp Plus has this tool.
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There is a method to achieve the above without disabling the read receipt in the mobile appalthough you require the help of WhatsApp Web and download an extension in your Google Chrome browser.
So you can see WhatsApp statuses without leaving the view or deactivating it
- The first step is to open Google Chrome on your computer or laptop.
- Now, download the extension called “WA Web Plus” via Google’s Chrome Web Store. To obtain it directly click on the following link.
- It will be installed automatically > in your browser click on the puzzle icon (extensions) located at the top right.
- You will see all your extensions, but look for the one that says “WA Web Plus for WhatsApp” and press the three vertical dots on the right side > tap “Set”.
- At the top of the browser you will see the icon of a green cross enclosed in a circle, this belongs to “WA Web Plus”.
- Accede to WhatsApp Web and link your account (by scanning the QR code with your cell phone).
- The next step is to press the extension icon and a long list of options will appear.
- Mark the one that says “View status without informing sender”.
- Ready, that would be all. When you want to see a story without leaving the view or deactivating the reading receipt, do not do it through the mobile app, but from the web version.
This is how you can report a status on WhatsApp
- Verify that WhatsApp do not have pending updates.
- Click on the “News” tab (former states) located at the bottom of the application.
- View the inappropriate story.
- Tap on the three dots icon (top right).
- Several options will be displayed > click on “report”.
- Here you will see a pop-up window that says: “Do you want to report to (contact name)?” > it is optional to check “Block contact” > click on “Report”.
- Remember that that person will not know that you were the one who reported their status.
- The update of that story will be forwarded to WhatsApp and the Meta team will decide if it deserves a sanction, which may be the Temporary or permanent blocking of the account.
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