If required, you can configure WhatsApp to show your “Status Update” only to some selected or specific Contacts in WhatsApp and prevent others from viewing your status update photos and videos.
This setup can be useful, if you are uploading photos and videos of family events or personal nature to your Status Update and you do not want them to be viewed by your other Contacts in WhatsApp.
The default setting in WhatsApp is to allow all Contacts to see your Status Update and automatically delete photos and videos uploaded to your Status Update, after a period of 24 hours.
Show Status Updates to Specific Contacts in WhatsApp
If it becomes necessary for privacy, personal or any other reason, you can find below the steps to show your WhatsApp Status Updates only to certain selected Contacts.
While the steps to configure WhatsApp Status Update are practically the same on both iPhone and Android phone, you may find a bit of difference in the interface.
1. Show WhatsApp Status Updates to Specific Contacts on iPhone
If you are on iPhone, you can follow the steps below to show your Status Updates only to some selected people on WhatsApp.
1. Open WhatsApp > tap on Settings tab in bottom menu.
2. From the next screen, navigate to Privacy > Status > select Only Share With …. option.
3. On the next screen, select Contacts that you want to see your status in WhatsApp and tap on Done.
Note: You can select other Contacts that you want to Hide Status Updates from.
Now, when you upload a photo or video to your WhatsApp status, it can only be viewed by the people that you selected on this screen.
2. Show WhatsApp Status Updates to Specific Contacts On Android Phone
If you are using an Android phone, you can follow the steps below to show your Status Updates to selected or specific people in WhatsApp.
1. Open WhatsApp > tap on 3-dots Menu icon (top-right corner) and select Settings in the drop-down menu.
2. From the Settings screen, navigate to Privacy > Status and tap on My Contacts Except…. option.
3. On the next screen, select Contacts that you want to hide your status updates from.
After this, only the Contacts that you selected on this screen will be able to view or see your WhatsApp status updates.