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Fix Whatsapp is Denied to Read Contacts Android, iPhone and Blackberry

October 1, 2019 by Rasaq Olayemi 12 Comments

Whatsapp is one of the most used social messenger in the world, it has been evolving rapidly in recent times by rolling out series of awesome features via update. However, users have been facing issues like how to fix whatsapp is denied to read contacts android, iPhone and blackberry since God knows when.

Here today, our priority is how to allow whatsapp to read contacts/fix whatsapp is denied to read contacts android, iPhone and blackberry. What you need to know is that this problem arises not from whatsapp messenger, but from you (User). Here is how to solve whatsapp is denied to read contacts

You have at one point in time denied whatsapp to read contacts on your device and this can only be fixed by tweaking whatsapp permission manager as we did in our previous post on whatsapp is denied to start sound recorder.

Fix Whatsapp is Denied to Read Contacts on Xiaomi Devices Running MIUI Rom.

If the permission manager is set to notify you before reading your contact, whatsapp will ask you to deny or allow permission before reading your contacts. If you deny it once, you will have to go to permission manager to enable it before it can read contact again.

  • Navigate to Settings on your Xiaomi device running MIUI rom.
  • Scroll down to where you see Installed apps and tap on it.
  • Scroll down and look for whatsapp among those apps.
  • Tap on whatsapp and scroll down to Permission Manager, then tap on it.
  • Look for Read your Contacts, tap on it and three options will pop up (Accept, Notify and Deny).
  • To allow whatsapp to always read your contacts, choose Accept.
  • There you have it on how to fix whatsapp is denied to read contacts on Xiaomi running MIUI.

Fix Whatsapp is Denied to Read Contacts Android, iPhone and Blackberry.

However, if your device is running Android stock rom, follow the steps below to fix whatsapp is denied to read contacts android, iPhone, blackberry device by changing permission settings for whatsapp.

  • Go to Settings >> Security >> App Permissions >> Read Contacts.
  • Tap on WhatsApp messenger.
  • Then select Always allow option from the new pop up window. To avoid future problems like this, just grant whatsapp all permissions.
  • Launch whatsapp messenger, swipe to contact tab and refresh (tap on the three vertical dots and select refresh).
  • There you have it on how to fix whatsapp is denied to read contacts Android.

For those whose device has no permission manager. Just open whatsapp >> Navigate to its settings >> Contacts >> Tick the Show all contacts box.

That’s all on fix whatsapp is denied to read contacts or how to allow whatsapp to read contacts on android, iPhone and blackberry. Do you like this tutorial, kindly share it with your friends and family using the social sharing buttons below. You can fix whatsapp is denied to use camera or whatsapp cannot use camera same way.

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Comments

  1. Carol says

    January 17, 2017 at 7:58 pm

    Thanks for the step by step advise. Quick and painless ?

    Reply
  2. Mbam Pearl says

    July 26, 2017 at 8:01 pm

    This helped alot. Thank you so much

    Reply
  3. tiffany says

    April 5, 2018 at 8:21 pm

    my phone doesn’t have the permissions manager option. help!!

    Reply
  4. Hanane says

    May 27, 2018 at 4:36 am

    Merci Bcp c corrigé

    Reply
  5. Becky says

    September 4, 2018 at 8:02 pm

    Wow!!!thanks a lot

    Reply
    • Naij Naira says

      September 4, 2018 at 8:11 pm

      You are welcome.

      Reply
  6. Ellah says

    September 27, 2018 at 9:53 am

    Really impressed.thankyou that was first and simple

    Reply
  7. michael says

    October 2, 2018 at 12:55 pm

    your information was very useful. thank you.

    Reply
  8. Flavor says

    October 29, 2018 at 2:59 pm

    Thank you very much , the issue was resolved.

    Reply
  9. ScHoly says

    February 18, 2019 at 6:46 pm

    This helped me fix the problem after several others failed. Thank you

    Reply
    • Naij Naira says

      February 18, 2019 at 10:45 pm

      You are welcome.

      Reply
  10. benjamin says

    June 13, 2019 at 2:00 pm

    Wow! thank you so much this is really working effectively

    Reply

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