Whatsapp

[hectormj]

Hi all, I recently changed one of my contacts name. But for some reason, the name of the same person on Whatsapp didn't change, even after refreshing multiple times. I deleted the number from my phone storage. I still see the contact on my whatsapp though with the old name. What's going on? Any help is much appreciated.

[Georgine]

Hi, please try the suggestions provided by AC007 and check if the issue still persists.

Thanks, AC007.

[Tallman]

Do you have that person in your contact list?

[RedDogRabbit]

Yeah I think that they do, they were trying to change the name of the contract. 

BTW, I sent you a DM. 

[-ACon- · Accepted solution]

it might be because samsung store whatsapp contacts separately sometimes. follow this steps.

open contact in whatsapp(you want to change name for)

select 3 dot menu on top right corner.

select view contact.

again select 3 dot menu on top.
go to edit.
from there change name.
it should work.

[waqqas31]

This happens to me, too. It happens when I (unintentionally) sync contacts from a new Google account with my phone, and the contact in question exists in those newly synced contacts, but under a different name.

I have to:

1. Turn off contact sync for that Google account
2. Filter contacts to show only those from the new Google account.
3. Delete all those contacts.