Getting a new phone often means transferring over all of your data to the new one. If you have WhatsApp, you'll need to update your phone number so that you can get into your account with your new phone.
Here's what happens when you change your WhatsApp number, and how to do it.
What happens when you change your number on WhatsAppThere are a few things that happen when you change your number on WhatsApp:
Because of all these consequences, it's a good idea to give your WhatsApp contacts a heads up about your new phone number. That way, they won't accidentally lose touch with you when you make the change.
There are two ways to change your phone number on WhatsApp: from the same phone or from a new phone.
On the same phoneWhen you change your phone number in WhatsApp on the same phone, your account will retain all your contacts, profile information, and message history.
Here's how to do it:
1. Open WhatsApp.
2. If you have an Android, tap the three-dot icon.
(iPhone users can skip to the next step.)
3. Select Settings.
Go into your WhatsApp settings. Devon Delfino4. Choose Account.
Select "Account." Devon Delfino5. Tap Change number.
6. Hit Next.
Tap "Next." Devon Delfino7. Add your old phone number to the first field, followed by your new phone number in the next field.
Add your old and new numbers.
Devon Delfino Add your old and new numbers. Devon Delfino 8. Select Next.
9. You can choose if you want all your contacts, only contacts you have chats with, or custom contacts to be notified of your number change. However, WhatsApp will automatically tell your group chats about your new number.
10. Tap Done.
11. Follow the prompts to register your new phone number.
Quick tip: Make sure to use the international format when entering both your old and new phone number.
On a new phoneIf you use your new phone to change your WhatsApp number and want to transfer your chat history, you'll have to make a backup in Google Drive or iCloud. Here's how to make a manual backup:
1. Open WhatsApp.
2. If you have an Android, tap the three-dot icon. (iPhone users can skip to the next step.)
3. Go to Settings.
4. Tap Chats.
Select "Chats." Devon Delfino5.
Choose Chat backup.
6. Hit Back Up.
If you still have access to your old phone, you'll need to go through the steps above to change your number on your old phone. Or, if you still have your old phone, you can simply delete your account associated with that number on that phone.
Then, follow the steps below to set up WhatsApp on your new phone.
1. Install WhatsApp on your new phone.
2. Register the new phone number you want to be associated with your WhatsApp account.
3.
Restore your account backup.
Quick tip: If you no longer have access to your old phone and can't change your number or delete your account, all your account data associated with the old phone and phone number will be deleted if the new owner of your old phone activates WhatsApp after 45 days. You'll also need to set up an entirely new WhatsApp account.
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WhatsApp allows you to easily change the registered phone number while retaining your chat history, call records, and account information.
This tutorial will walk you through the entire process on iPhone and Android.
Did you recently change your phone number? If so, it’s a good idea to update your registered WhatsApp number so new contacts can message or call you on the world’s most popular messaging app.
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We’ll show you how to find and change your WhatsApp account number on iPhone and Android, including what it takes to switch WhatsApp numbers on a new phone.
Before changing your mobile number in WhatsApp, you need to find the number currently registered with your WhatsApp account. Skip to the next section if you already know it.
WhatsApp’s built in Change Number tool makes it incredibly convenient to switch registered phone numbers. It preserves your WhatsApp chats, calls history, and settings, and even auto-notifies WhatsApp group chats and contacts about the number change. Be sure to insert the SIM card into your phone (if you haven’t already) since you must verify the new number over SMS.
Note: If you own multiple phones, you can choose to receive the verification code on another device. However, you can’t have the same phone number registered in WhatsApp on more than a single phone.
Then, pick between the All contacts, Contacts I have chats with, and Custom options to determine with whom on your contact list you want to share your new number. That’s it! You’ve successfully changed your phone number on WhatsApp. You can immediately begin using WhatsApp again, and you’ll continue to have access to your WhatsApp messages and call history from your old number.
Did you get a new number and a new phone? If you still have your old phone around, the following steps will show how to change numbers in WhatsApp and move your chat history over to your new phone. However, they only work if both phones are on the same platform—iOS or Android.
WhatsApp will initially load text messages only and then download data—like images and video files—in the background. Suppose the new phone is on a different platform than your old phone. Check our complete guides to moving WhatsApp chats from iPhone to Android or Android to iPhone for step-by-step instructions.
Despite how straightforward it is to change phone numbers on WhatsApp, there are instances where the registration process will fail to work on iPhone and Android.
For example, if you fail to receive your WhatsApp security code or the Change Number tool gets stuck at verification, here are several things you might want to do:
Changing your phone number on WhatsApp is not complicated, and you should be done in minutes. You don’t even need to bother notifying contacts about the number change since WhatsApp does the heavy lifting for you.
Also, unless you’re switching platforms, it’s easy to move your chat history if you want to use WhatsApp with a new number and a new phone. If you’re still contemplating switching phone numbers, go ahead without worrying.
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How to change the WhatsApp number from a smartphone and is it possible to do it from a computer? Below is a step by step guide for Android and iPhone devices.
Before you change your phone number in WhatsApp, you should make sure that the following points are completed:
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The number can be changed for various reasons, for example:
You can switch WhatsApp to another number on Android and iPhone. The user can change the SIM card without changing or with changing the gadget, with and without saving the data of the current account. On devices that support KaiOS, you can only re-register.
You can change your phone number in WhatsApp on Android in this way:
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Changing the WhatsApp number on the iPhone is as follows:
An account on Android and iPhone can be registered to another number without saving data. If correspondence and media are not needed, then you can simply delete the messenger, change the SIM card, reinstall the application and register. When using this method, none of the contacts will know about the change of the SIM card.
If you need to change the gadget, you must first create a backup data.
After that, download WhatsApp to a new device, register and restore a copy. We will tell you how to send a photo from a computer here.
Web and desktop versions of WhatsApp are additions to the main (mobile) application. All functions of the messenger are available in them, and in the settings the account owner can manage notifications, the theme, chat wallpaper and blocked users. You can transfer WhatsApp to another number only from your phone.
There are several options for changing your phone number in WhatsApp. This can be done with and without changing the device, with and without uninstalling and reinstalling the messenger. You cannot change data on a computer.
The application has the ability to notify other contacts that you have changed your number. This is necessary so that you do not lose contact with old users and do not lose data. Let's figure out how to enable this notification.
After you enter the number to which you want to replace the previous one, you will see the "Notify contacts" column.
Move the toggle switch to the active position and you're done! Now all contacts will receive this information.
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Are you changing your mobile phone number? You should know this you can save all your WhatsApp chats and groups and it will automatically notify all your contacts when your phone number changes.
We explain how to do it in this video and article.
Our WhatsApp account is linked to our mobile number, but if we change the number at any time, we have nothing to worry about because we can save all our WhatsApp conversations and groups, all its multimedia content, as well as we don't have to worry about informing all our contacts about the number change because whatsapp will notify you automatically. How can you do it? Well, this is the option that the app itself offers us, and we explain step by step how it's done, in great detail.
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The first thing we need to do is to replace the SIM card of our iPhone with a new one. Don't worry, nothing will happen to your WhatsApp even if you haven't changed your number yet. Remove the old SIM card, insert a new SIM card with a new phone number , and check that it is active, that you have coverage with your operator, and that SMS activation was successful.
Once this is done, you can move on to the next step.
Now we can log in to WhatsApp and access the menu "Settings > Account" and from there enter the option "Change number". Whatsapp is responsible for reminding us that we have to prepare the new sim to receive the SMS and in the next step we will have to enter the old number and the new number. Click "Next" and now we will be able to notify our contacts about the change of number. This is optional, if you don't want it you don't need to activate it, but if you activate it you can notify all your contacts, only the ones you have in the chat, or set up notifications. Who will always receive notifications are the groups you are included in.
Once this is done, the procedure is almost complete and we can only confirm that the number we added is correct, which is fundamental because We will receive an SMS with a code that will be needed to complete the change of mobile phone number in our WhatsApp account.
