It’s important to keep in mind that WhatsApp has strict policies in place to prevent spamming and abuse of their platform. If you’re developing a bot for WhatsApp, it’s crucial to follow these guidelines to avoid getting blocked.
How to Avoid Whatsapp Blocking
Master the best practices to keep your WhatsApp account safe while using automations and bots. Learn how to prevent bans and maintain a healthy connection.
6 min read·Updated August 23, 2026
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Guidelines to Follow
Use the WhatsApp Business app
Use Less the regular WhatsApp app WhatsApp Business is typically used for customer responses and is expected to send and receive a larger number of messages compared to regular WhatsApp. Also, during campaigns and periods of high message volume, it’s recommended to keep your number connected via WhatsApp Desktop or WhatsApp Web to ensure better results.
Only Reply to Messages
When developing a bot for WhatsApp, you should never initiate a conversation. Instead, your bot should only reply to messages that it receives. This will prevent your bot from being flagged as spam by WhatsApp’s users and algorithms.
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Avoid Spamming and Sending Unnecessary Content
Sending too many messages or sending content that the user did not request can lead to your bot being blocked. Make sure to only send relevant and useful information to the user. Additionally, do not send too many messages at once, as this can also trigger spam filters.
Other Considerations
There are other guidelines to follow when developing a bot for WhatsApp, such as avoiding the use of banned words and not sharing sensitive or inappropriate content. Make sure to read WhatsApp’s policies thoroughly to ensure that your bot complies with all of their rules.
Do not use a completely new and fresh number
When you start using a brand new number, it’s usually under WhatsApp’s system checks. If one or more users flag it as spam, WhatsApp will permanently ban you. Instead, create a warmup and send messages to numbers you have saved, asking them to message you back. View and react to these messages for two to four weeks before link this number to production mode on Wawp system for sending to new customers through your system.
How to Process Messages
When processing messages in your bot, it’s important to follow certain steps to avoid being flagged as spam. Here’s a recommended process to follow:
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Send seen before processing the message, This can be done by sending a POST[https://api.wawp.net/v2/chats/read](https://api.wawp.net/en/docs/v2/chats/read) request to the[Wawp API.](https://api.wawp.net/en/docs/v2/chats/read)
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Start typing before sending a message and wait for a random interval depending on the size of the message. This can be done by sending a POST[https://api.wawp.net/v2/send/start-typing](https://api.wawp.net/en/docs/v2/send/start-typing) request.
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Stop typing before sending the message. This can be done by sending a POST[https://api.wawp.net/v2/send/stop-typing](https://api.wawp.net/en/docs/v2/send/stop-typing) request.
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Send the text message using the POST[https://api.wawp.net/v2/send/text](https://api.wawp.net/en/docs/v2/send/text) request.
By following these steps, you can ensure that your bot processes messages in a way that’s compliant with WhatsApp’s guidelines and reduces the risk of being blocked.
How to Avoid Getting Banned
WhatsApp knows that it’s uncommon for someone to send so many messages or bulk messages to people they’ve never talked to before, so it is considered spam/marketing junk pretty quickly. Here are some tips before sending a message to WhatsApp: Do and Don’t:
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Important: Do NOT send messages which get you reported. As long as you don’t get reports from users who you sent a message to, your account will be mostly fine.
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Having real content a survey that the person agreed with is different from a marketing message on a Saturday night.
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Dynamic Messaging Send messages written in different ways; you could make a script that places spacebars randomly in your string AND includes the person’s (first) name.
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Never use fixed times always go for sending the first message, wait a random time between 30 and 60 seconds, and then send the second message.
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Area Codes Always try to group contacts by their area code; WhatsApp expects a regular person to talk mostly with contacts that are within the same area of your phone number.
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Have a profile picture this is not related to WhatsApp Bots Catcher® but sending a new message to someone without having a picture/name/status will elevate your chances of being manually tagged as spam.
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Seen Confirmation Send “seen” confirmation to messages or disable it on WhatsApp.
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Avoid sending links that were previously marked as spam on WhatsApp or non-HTTPS. A URL shortener is a good idea.
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IMPORTANT: It’s terrible if you send messages 24/7 without giving it some time to wait. Random delays between messages are not enough; send a reasonable amount of messages keeping in mind your conversion rate. For example: for one hour, send a maximum of 4 messages per contact that have replied to your message, and stop sending messages for one hour, then start again. Again, don’t send messages without stopping for a while between every “package”.
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Send only one short message when starting a conversation; one should not send long texts or multiple messages without the user’s consent.
Keep in mind:
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Spam Flags For every message you send to someone who doesn’t have your number in their contact list, they are asked if it’s spam. Being tagged as spam a few times (5-10) will get you banned.
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Activity Logging WhatsApp records every movement you make; you can even check the logs when sending a simple support email. It contains all kinds of information, so act as human as possible.
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Try to engage in conversations as long as you send a message and the person doesn’t automatically block you, it’ll be quite okay. People constantly talking to you and adding you to their contact list will make your number stronger against a ban.
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Think about it like a points system you start with zero points (negative if your device was previously blacklisted). If you reach below zero, you are out. If you engage in conversations, you get a point. If you are tagged as spam, you lose some points. If you are blocked, you may lose more points.
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Finally, if your content is spam it doesn’t matter if you are using a broadcast list, group, or direct contact; you will still be banned.
As an API, we say all that’s left to do right now is to agree with WhatsApp’s policy, not send spam messages, and always wait for the other person to contact you first. You could do this by sending an SMS to the person with a link to start a chat on WhatsApp with you by link https://wa.me/966000000000?text=Hi.
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