Censorship Monitor · India Last test 17 Oct 2026, 03:32 UTC

Is WeChat banned in India?

Yes. India banned WeChat in June 2020, under the same order as TikTok, and WeChat itself stopped serving accounts registered with Indian phone numbers in July 2020.

Today’s test · www.wechat.com

Blocked on some networks

Jio blocks www.wechat.com, while Airtel lets it through.

Last confirmed: 16 Oct 2026, 04:01 UTC
Seen in our tests since: 3 Oct 2026 (may be older)
How it fails: The connection never completes
Tested on: Jio and Airtel

Blocked
Blocked on some networks
Turned away by the site
Opens
Not monitored

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The official status

WeChat in India

India’s IT ministry blocked WeChat on 29 June 2020, with TikTok and 57 other apps, under Section 69A of the IT Act. The government kept the ban in January 2021.

From late July 2020 WeChat logged out accounts registered with Indian phone numbers, saying that “pursuant to Indian law” it couldn’t offer its service. Users lost their chat history and WeChat Wallet balances.

What our daily test shows

Indian providers carry out the ban themselves, so it isn’t applied evenly: our test finds Jio blocking wechat.com while the site loads on Airtel. The app is banned either way, and WeChat doesn’t serve Indian phone numbers.

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Around the world

Where else is WeChat blocked?

No other country we test blocks WeChat right now.

It opens in 23 of the 23 other countries with a current result.

India

What else is blocked in India?

1 of the other 66 sites and apps we test is blocked in India.

TikTok

History

Changes for WeChat in India

No confirmed changes since monitoring began on 29 Sep 2026. When a block appears or lifts, and a re-check on several machines agrees, it shows up here.

Method

How we test

Every day, test machines on Jio and Airtel home connections open www.wechat.com.
A failure counts only when it happens twice on the same network, while the site opens from other countries.
A change is published only after re-checks a few hours later and again the next day, on several machines per provider, confirm it. It’s dated from the first sighting.
Test machines caught getting around blocks, through a VPN or a filter-dodging tool, are set aside.
We test the website over home broadband. The app, calls and mobile networks can behave differently.

Questions

WeChat in India: questions

Does WeChat Work in India?

No. India banned WeChat in June 2020, under the same order as TikTok, and WeChat itself stopped serving accounts registered with Indian phone numbers in July 2020.

Does WeChat Work With an Indian Phone Number?

No. WeChat said in July 2020 that, “pursuant to Indian law”, it could not offer its service, and it logged out accounts registered with Indian numbers.

Has India Lifted the WeChat Ban?

No. The government kept the ban in January 2021 after reviewing the companies’ replies, and no unblocking has been reported since.

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Source: vpnAlert Censorship Monitor, https://vpnalert.com/tools/censorship-monitor/india/wechat/

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