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How to Set Up Two WhatsApp Accounts on Your iPhone

By Denise Lim

Here’s how to add a second WhatsApp account to your iPhone, but only if you have a second phone number to link it to.

WhatsApp is a highly popular messaging app. So popular that you may want to have more than one account, to help separate your work and personal life. WhatsApp doesn’t let you have two accounts by default, but there are ways around the restriction.

Let’s look at how you can get two WhatsApp accounts on one iPhone.

Use WhatsApp Business to Set Up a Second Account

Many people use the WhatsApp Business app to connect to their clients and customers. With WhatsApp, setting up a second account for business is easy and free. However, the following method only works if you use Dual SIM on your iPhone or an active SIM card on another device.

Related: Reasons You Should Get a Dual SIM iPhone

First, download WhatsApp Business from the App Store. Then, do these steps:

  1. Open WhatsApp Business. Select Agree & Continue to accept the Terms of Service.
  2. Select Use a different number.
  3. Type in your second SIM’s phone number. Tap Done.
  4. Select Yes to confirm the number.
  5. Key in the verification code sent to your device.
  6. Tap Skip Restore if there’s no previous iCloud backup available.
  7. Type your name and select your business category. If your second account is for personal use, simply select Not a business.
  8. Tap Next.
  9. Select Explore to start adding more information about your business. To do that later, select Not Now.

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That’s all! You now have a second WhatsApp account that’s completely separate from your current one. You can start sending and receiving messages, make WhatsApp calls, create groups, and more.

Use the Whats up App to Mirror a Second Account

If you feel that WhatsApp Business is too formal, an alternative app is the Whats up app. This app serves as a mirror to another device that already has an existing WhatsApp account.

First, download Whats up from the App Store. Next, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Whats up app and select the Dual tab. This leads you to a mobile version of WhatsApp Web.
  2. On your second device, go to WhatsApp Messenger.
  3. Select Settings.
  4. Tap Link a Device to scan the QR code on your iPhone screen.

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You have now set up your second WhatsApp account on Whats up. To use your first account, simply go to your iPhone’s WhatsApp app as usual. Then use the Whats up app to use your second account.

Whats up’s main disadvantage is that it has a lot of ads. However, compared to most dual WhatsApp apps on the App Store, Whats up’s messaging interface is perfectly fitted for mobile.

The other apps are less user-friendly because they display the desktop version of WhatsApp Web. You’ll end up having to zoom in and out to read and type your messages.

Can You Get Two WhatsApp Accounts With Same Phone Number?

Unfortunately, you can’t use two WhatsApp accounts that are simultaneously linked to the same phone number.

For example, if you attempt to set up WhatsApp Business with your WhatsApp Messenger number, that number will be disconnected from the old app. All your WhatsApp Messenger conversations will be moved to WhatsApp Business, and vice versa.

Related: WhatsApp vs. WhatsApp Business: What’s the Difference?

If you apply the steps for Whats up on the same number, you’ll only get an exact copy of your existing WhatsApp Messenger. For instance, any new messages, regardless of where you sent or received them, will show up on both apps.

Using Dual WhatsApp on Your iPhone

There are limitations to having two WhatsApp accounts on your iPhone. At the moment, using the same phone number on the same device is not possible. But you can have two WhatsApp accounts as long as they are linked to different phone numbers.

On the other hand, there are ways to use the same WhatsApp account across multiple devices if you want a different type of flexibility.

How to use two WhatsApp in one phone with different numbers

Do you know how to use two WhatsApp in one phone? Here is a step by step guide you can follow to use two WhatsApp in one phone with different numbers.

India Today Web Desk

New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 9, 2021 15:46 IST

Here is how you can use two WhatsApp in one phone | Representational image

By India Today Web Desk: WhatsApp is one of the most popular mobile messaging applications that fast becoming our primary mode of communication. The chat app has inconspicuously become an indispensable part of our lives. Nowadays, it is impossible to go even a day without it. However, if you want you can now set up dual WhatsApp accounts on a single device without installing any third-party apps.

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Most of the phones nowadays come with dual-SIM technology and it's not uncommon for users to set up both numbers with WhatsApp. Smartphone manufacturers - like Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Vivo, and even Samsung has a Dual Messenger feature on their devices.

Now, if you want to enable WhatsApp for both your phone numbers. Here is where you can find dual WhatsApp settings on different smartphone brands:

Smartphone Brand: Dual WhatsApp settings
  • Samsung: Dual Messenger
  • Xiaomi: Dual Apps
  • Oppo: Clone Apps
  • Vivo: App Clone
  • Asus: Twin Apps
  • Huawei: App Twin
  • Honor: App Twin

How to set up dual WhatsApp on your smartphone

Steps you can follow to set up dual WhatsApp on your smartphone.

Step 1: First, open the Settings of your phone.

Note: For our example, we have used a Xiaomi device.

Step 2: After opening the settings menu, tap App.

Step 3: On the next page, tap Dual app.

Step 4: Now from the given options tap on WhatsApp to activate a second WhatsApp account on your phone.

Step 5: On the Personalization page Enable it.

Step 6: Now, navigate back to your App Drawer and you will see that there will be two different icons for WhatsApp.

Step 7: Open the newly set up WhatsApp clone app to set your new account and you're done!

Thus, by following the above-given steps you can step up two WhatsApp in one phone.

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Edited By:

Megha Chaturvedi

Published On:

Feb 9, 2021

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