How to Check WhatsApp Online Status

WhatsApp allows you to check if someone in your contacts is online and when they last used the app. While it is not possible to check the status of everyone in your contacts at once, you can check the status of each person in turn with relative ease.

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Steps

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Open WhatsApp.

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Tap Chats .

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Tap the chat. Select one of your chats with the person you want to check online status.

If you’ve never chatted with the person you want to check status, you’ll have to chat with them. Tap the chat bubble icon in the upper right corner.

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Check their status. If they’re online, you’ll see “online” below their name in the contact list. If they’re offline, you’ll see “last seen at…” (the last time they were online was when…)

“Online” status means the person is using the app at the moment.
The status “Last seen at…” means that the last time the person used the app was at…
If they’re contacting you, you’ll likely see something like “typing” or “recording audio”.

Advice

There is currently no way to see other people’s online status through their contacts card. You can only see their status through the chat.

Steps

Advice

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