🕵️‍♀️ Unmasking the Unknown: How to Tell if Someone Has Saved Your Number on WhatsApp

Have you ever wondered if that acquaintance, potential client, or even a crush has saved your number on WhatsApp? While the app doesn’t provide a direct notification for this, there are subtle clues you can look for. This article will guide you through the various methods you can employ to get a better idea of whether or not someone has added you to their contact list.

Why Knowing Matters?

Before we dive in, let’s address why you might even care about this. Knowing if someone has saved your number can be useful for:

• Understanding Communication Patterns: If you’re trying to reach someone, knowing they’ve saved your number increases the likelihood of them seeing your messages.
• Gauging Interest: Whether it’s professional or personal, understanding if someone has your contact information suggests a level of engagement or interest.
• Troubleshooting: If your messages aren’t being delivered, it could indicate they haven’t saved your number (or have blocked you, which we’ll also touch on).

Methods to Check if Someone Has Saved Your Number

Here are some indirect methods you can use to deduce if someone has saved your number on WhatsApp. Keep in mind, these methods aren’t foolproof, but can provide some clues.

1. Checking the ‘Last Seen’ Status

The ‘Last Seen’ status shows when a user was last online. However, this feature can be customized by the user, so not seeing a ‘Last Seen’ doesn’t automatically mean they haven’t saved your number.

Steps:

1. Open WhatsApp and go to the chat of the person you want to check.
2. Look below their name at the top of the screen. If they have the ‘Last Seen’ setting enabled, you will see a timestamp of when they were last online.
3. If you see a timestamp: They might have your number saved. However, they might also be a contact that they do not have saved but have the “last seen” feature enabled for everyone.
4. If you don’t see any timestamp: It could be that they haven’t saved your number, or they’ve disabled the ‘Last Seen’ feature for everyone, or specifically for your contacts.

Limitations: Users can customize this setting, making it an unreliable indicator.

2. Checking the Profile Picture

Similar to the ‘Last Seen’ status, visibility of the profile picture can be an indicator, but not a definitive one.

Steps:

1. Go to the chat of the person you want to check.
2. Check if you can see their profile picture.
3. If you see a profile picture: It’s possible they have your number saved. Again this can be another setting that is enabled for everyone even if they do not have your number saved.
4. If you don’t see a profile picture: This could be due to them not having saved your number, or they have the profile picture visibility setting to only show to their contacts.

Limitations: Profile picture visibility can also be customized.

3. Viewing WhatsApp Status Updates

This is often considered the most reliable indicator. If you can see someone’s WhatsApp status updates, it generally means they have your number saved and vice versa (you also must have their number saved as well). However this is not the case if they have made a broadcast list and have included you, thus bypassing this safeguard.

Steps:

1. Open the ‘Status’ tab in WhatsApp.
2. Scroll through the status updates.
3. If you see their status updates: They likely have saved your number, AND you have their number saved.
4. If you don’t see their status updates: It’s possible they haven’t saved your number, have not posted one, or have restricted the visibility of their updates.

Limitations: They may not post status updates regularly, or may have restricted visibility. If you have them saved as a contact, but they do not have your contact saved, you can still see their status updates.

4. Creating a WhatsApp Group

While not a direct method, creating a group with the person you are checking may be used as a test to infer if the person has saved your number or not.

Steps:

1. Create a new WhatsApp group.
2. Attempt to add the person you are checking to the new group.
3. If they get automatically added to the group: This means they have your number saved.
4. If the person is not automatically added to the group, it could mean: They do not have your number saved, or have blocked you, or have privacy settings enabled that prevent them from being added to groups.

Limitations: The group method is less accurate if the person has privacy settings that prevents them from being added to random groups, or have blocked you.

5. The Double Tick

The famous double tick, or blue tick, on WhatsApp indicates a successful message delivery and read status. However, this isn’t directly related to saved numbers, but it can be an indirect indicator.

Steps:

1. Send the person you are checking a text message.
2. If the message goes through and eventually turns into blue double ticks: This only means that they have received and read your message. This means that you are not blocked and have an active chat with them, it does not mean that they have saved your number.
3. If the message only has one gray tick: This can mean many things: Their internet connection is down, or that your message has not yet been delivered to the person’s phone, or you are blocked. It does not directly mean that they do not have your number saved.

Limitations: While you may know that the message has been delivered, this has no connection to your contact being saved, and may only indicate a general status of your conversation.

What if They’ve Blocked You?

If you are unable to see ‘Last Seen,’ profile picture, or status updates of someone, they might have blocked you. However, these are the same indicators for those who have not saved your number, making it hard to tell them apart. Blocking on whatsapp will often also prevent you from adding them into groups.

Final Thoughts

While WhatsApp doesn’t offer a direct method to confirm whether someone has saved your number, the above strategies offer insights into the matter. Remember to interpret these findings as indicators, not concrete evidence. It’s important to respect the privacy settings and communication choices of other users. Instead of focusing on who has or hasn’t saved your number, focus on fostering meaningful communication and interactions.