{"id":101116,"date":"2018-05-23T10:21:30","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T10:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=101116"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:28:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:28:19","slug":"whatsapp-failure-blocked-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/whatsapp-failure-blocked-users\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp failure means blocked contacts can send you messages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A serious WhatsApp failure is <strong>allowing users\u00a0to send messages to the users who have blocked them.<\/strong> The avid WhatsApp watchers <a href=\"https:\/\/wabetainfo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WABetaInfo<\/a> posted the bug on their <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WABetaInfo\/status\/999127159443771392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter feed<\/a> and it has since been confirmed by several of their followers. Users have reported being contacted by blocked users and that their statuses have been visible also.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m receiving on Discord\/Twitter some messages\/mentions about a critical bug on WhatsApp: blocked contacts can send you messages.<\/p>\n<p>The first time I thought they were wrong, instead..<br \/>Unblocking and blocking the contact should help to fix.<\/p>\n<p>Let me know under this tweet! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sZvLeQsqHO\">pic.twitter.com\/sZvLeQsqHO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WABetaInfo\/status\/999127159443771392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 23, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The error is <strong>only affecting users who have downloaded the latest WhatsApp update for iOS.<\/strong> This means if you use WhatsApp on Android you should still be safe.<\/p>\n<p>There has been no official word from WhatsApp yet, regarding the bug, but as the messaging app regularly updates, we can be sure they\u2019ll fix it soon enough. Until the official patch comes out, <strong>there is a simple, quick fix.<\/strong> You can do this yourself right now to make sure you won\u2019t be bothered by any of your blocked contacts.<\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;&lt;!-- Shortcode [starred] does not exist --&gt;&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:513,&quot;3&quot;:[null,0],&quot;12&quot;:0}\"><div class=\"sc-card-starred-link\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-starred-link__img\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/whatsapp-1-192.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-title\">\r\n        <p class=\"sc-card-starred-link__title\">8 tricks to strengthen your WhatsApp security<\/p>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__button\" href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/8-tricks-to-strengthen-your-whatsapp-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\">Boost your WhatsApp security now<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/8-tricks-to-strengthen-your-whatsapp-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>How to stop your blocked contacts messaging you on WhatsApp<\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019ve received a WhatsApp message from somebody you\u2019ve blocked, the solution is simple. <strong>All you have to do is unblock that contact and the re-block them again.<\/strong> This should reset their blocked status on the WhatsApp server.<\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;&lt;!-- Shortcode [related] does not exist --&gt;&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:513,&quot;3&quot;:[null,0],&quot;12&quot;:0}\"><div class=\"sc-related-articles-grey\">\r\n<p class=\"sc-related-articles-grey__title\">Secure Messaging Apps<\/p>\r\n  <div class=\"sc-related-articles-grey__row\">\r\n    <a title=\"Telegram\" href=\"https:\/\/telegram.en.softonic.com\/android?ex=REG-60.2\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-related-articles-grey__article\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-related-articles-grey__image\">\r\n        <div style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_optimized,f_auto\/p\/d1045634-99eb-11e6-9b2f-00163ec9f5fa\/3374169218\/telegram-logo.png)\"><\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-related-articles-grey__text\">\r\n        <p>Telegram<\/p>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    <a title=\"Line\" href=\"https:\/\/line.en.softonic.com\/android?ex=REG-60.2\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-related-articles-grey__article sc-related-articles-grey__article--last\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-related-articles-grey__image\">\r\n        <div style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_optimized,f_auto\/p\/7211d1fe-9b32-11e6-b1e2-00163ec9f5fa\/3439397470\/line-logo.png)\"><\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-related-articles-grey__text\">\r\n        <p>Line<\/p>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div class=\"sc-related-articles-grey__row\">\r\n    <a title=\"Signal\" href=\"https:\/\/signal-private-messenger.en.softonic.com\/android?ex=REG-60.2\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-related-articles-grey__article\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-related-articles-grey__image\">\r\n        <div style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_optimized,f_auto\/p\/90b135bf-f83f-4a84-94ce-ab2bc1a7668b\/4161537738\/signal-private-messenger-logo.png)\"><\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-related-articles-grey__text\">\r\n        <p>Signal<\/p>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    <a title=\"Confide\" href=\"https:\/\/confide.en.softonic.com\/android?ex=REG-60.2\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-related-articles-grey__article sc-related-articles-grey__article--last\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-related-articles-grey__image\">\r\n        <div style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_optimized,f_auto\/p\/904ee530-9b32-11e6-8f2e-00163ed833e7\/2873451637\/confide-logo.png)\"><\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-related-articles-grey__text\">\r\n        <p>Confide<\/p>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A serious WhatsApp failure is allowing users\u00a0to send messages to the users who have blocked them. The avid WhatsApp watchers WABetaInfo posted the bug on their Twitter feed and it has since been confirmed by several of their followers. Users have reported being contacted by blocked users and that their statuses have been visible also. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/whatsapp-failure-blocked-users\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;WhatsApp failure means blocked contacts can send you messages&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9073,"featured_media":101117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[1082,2333,1059,1083,1040,1043],"usertag":[790],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-101116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-android","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionwhatsapp","tag-facebook","tag-ios","tag-messaging-apps","tag-whatsapp","usertag-whatsapp"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327954,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101116\/revisions\/327954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101116"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=101116"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=101116"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=101116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}