Does Viber Notify Your Contacts When You Join?

Does Viber notify your contacts when you join? Can you prevent this from happening? Can I block numbers if I don’t want to talk to anyone? Can I use Viber without being seen? All these questions and perhaps others will be answered in this article.

We receive many such questions for various chat apps and social networks, and we work on each one to answer as many questions as possible. This time we’re talking about Viber, an immensely popular chat app that never made the headlines like WhatsApp or other apps.

Does Viber notify your contacts when you join?

Yes, but only when you join Viber for the first time. When you first sign up for Viber, the app will notify all Viber users that you join. This is a ‘useful’ feature designed to encourage you all to use Viber. However, this is not very useful if you still have contacts on your phone that you do not want to talk to.

If you buy a new phone and add Viber to it, the app will not notify your contacts. Only as a new user.

Can you prevent this from happening?

Not officially. Viber uses this method for you to use the app. If your contacts know that you also use Viber, you are more likely to use it. There is a potential workaround though.

To fix this problem, you can remove them as a contact on your phone. Back up your contacts in iTunes or Google Drive, install Viber and let it notify people you don’t mind knowing you’re using it. Then you can add other people later if you want.

Can I block numbers if I don’t want to talk to anyone?

Yes you can. We all have people we don’t want to talk to very often or not at all. Using social apps is fine, but we need to control who we interact with. The easier it is to talk to someone on Viber, the more likely they are to reach out.

Here’s how to block a contact on Viber:

1. Open the app and select the More menu at the bottom right of the home screen.
2. Select Settings & Privacy.
3. Select Block List and Add Number.
4. Add the number to the block list and select Block.
5. Add a name if prompted and select Done.

If you’re better off with someone and want to unblock them, the process is very similar.

1. Open the Other menu.
2. Select Settings & Privacy.
3. Select Block List.
4. Select the person you want to unblock and select Unblock.

When you block someone, they can’t contact you or add you to a group chat. They will no longer see your status or profile when you update them.

Can I use Viber without being seen?

Yes you can. We all have times when we just want to chat with someone without being drawn into a larger conversation. If they show status and Viber has it, all social apps should have this feature.

1. Open the More menu in Viber.
2. Select Settings & Privacy.
3. Select Submit ‘Seen’ Status and uncheck the box.
4. Select ‘Share Online’ Status and uncheck the box.

As far as I know there is an arbitrary limit of activation every 24 hours, so use with caution. This may (and should) change at some point in the future, but keep in mind that staying in the dark is limited.

Delete conversations on Viber

If you’re cleaning or don’t want to see a specific person’s conversations anymore, you can delete them manually from the app. This removes the chats from your side but not from the other person, removing them from the app so you can no longer see them.

1. Enter the chat you want to delete.
2. Select and hold the messages you want to delete.
3. Select Delete.

You can also use the menu to select multiple conversations.

1. Select the More menu from within the chat.
2. Select Edit Messages and checkboxes should appear next to each conversation line.
3. Select the ones you want to delete and select the trash can icon in the bottom right.

Both of these will only remove conversations from your side. If you said something stupid or something you shouldn’t have said, it will still be found in the other participant’s app.

Viber is a pretty good app that works well and offers all the features you want from a chat app. It doesn’t seem as popular as some but it really should be. I hope this tutorial made it easy to use for you!

Does Viber notify your contacts when you join? Can you prevent this from happening? Can I block numbers if I don’t want to talk to anyone? Can I use Viber without being seen? All these questions and perhaps others will be answered in this article.

We receive many such questions for various chat apps and social networks, and we work on each one to answer as many questions as possible. This time we’re talking about Viber, an immensely popular chat app that never made the headlines like WhatsApp or other apps.

Does Viber notify your contacts when you join?

Yes, but only when you join Viber for the first time. When you first sign up for Viber, the app will notify all Viber users that you join. This is a ‘useful’ feature designed to encourage you all to use Viber. However, this is not very useful if you still have contacts on your phone that you do not want to talk to.

If you buy a new phone and add Viber to it, the app will not notify your contacts. Only as a new user.

Can you prevent this from happening?

Not officially. Viber uses this method for you to use the app. If your contacts know that you also use Viber, you are more likely to use it. There is a potential workaround though.

To fix this problem, you can remove them as a contact on your phone. Back up your contacts in iTunes or Google Drive, install Viber and let it notify people you don’t mind knowing you’re using it. Then you can add other people later if you want.

Can I block numbers if I don’t want to talk to anyone?

Yes you can. We all have people we don’t want to talk to very often or not at all. Using social apps is fine, but we need to control who we interact with. The easier it is to talk to someone on Viber, the more likely they are to reach out.

Here’s how to block a contact on Viber:

1. Open the app and select the More menu at the bottom right of the home screen.
2. Select Settings & Privacy.
3. Select Block List and Add Number.
4. Add the number to the block list and select Block.
5. Add a name if prompted and select Done.

If you’re better off with someone and want to unblock them, the process is very similar.

1. Open the Other menu.
2. Select Settings & Privacy.
3. Select Block List.
4. Select the person you want to unblock and select Unblock.

When you block someone, they can’t contact you or add you to a group chat. They will no longer see your status or profile when you update them.

Can I use Viber without being seen?

Yes you can. We all have times when we just want to chat with someone without being drawn into a larger conversation. If they show status and Viber has it, all social apps should have this feature.

1. Open the More menu in Viber.
2. Select Settings & Privacy.
3. Select Submit ‘Seen’ Status and uncheck the box.
4. Select ‘Share Online’ Status and uncheck the box.

As far as I know there is an arbitrary limit of activation every 24 hours, so use with caution. This may (and should) change at some point in the future, but keep in mind that staying in the dark is limited.

Delete conversations on Viber

If you’re cleaning or don’t want to see a specific person’s conversations anymore, you can delete them manually from the app. This removes the chats from your side but not from the other person, removing them from the app so you can no longer see them.

1. Enter the chat you want to delete.
2. Select and hold the messages you want to delete.
3. Select Delete.

You can also use the menu to select multiple conversations.

1. Select the More menu from within the chat.
2. Select Edit Messages and checkboxes should appear next to each conversation line.
3. Select the ones you want to delete and select the trash can icon in the bottom right.

Both of these will only remove conversations on your end. If you said something stupid or something you shouldn’t have said, it will still be found in the other participant’s app.

Viber is a pretty good app that works well and offers all the features you want from a chat app. It doesn’t seem as popular as some but it really should be. I hope this tutorial made it easy to use for you!