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2 ways to check if a phone number is on WhatsApp or not

One of the biggest annoyances with WhatsApp used to be that you couldn’t see whether a particular phone number was registered with the service unless it was saved in the Contacts app on your iPhone. That changed with WhatsApp version 2.19.30. Now you can easily see if any phone number is on WhatsApp before messaging it, and iDB shows you how.

This feature is handy when you want to see if a person whose phone number you know is using WhatsApp or not. Before WhatsApp 2.19.30, you had to first save a number in the Contacts app for WhatsApp to be able to determine if it’s on the service.

So the next time you meet someone and manage to get their phone number, you can check if they’re on WhatsApp before saving them as a contact. Follow along with us as we show you how.

How to see if a phone number is on WhatsApp or not

1) Open WhatsApp and be on the Chats screen.

2) Tap the new chat button from the top-right.

3) Select New Contact.

4) Type or paste the full phone number you want to check.

  • If the owner of this number has a WhatsApp account, it will show a green checkmark and say, “This phone number is on WhatsApp.”
  • If the number is not registered with WhatsApp, it will display, “This phone number is not on WhatsApp. Invite to WhatsApp.”
  • In case the number you check is already saved to your phone and has a WhatsApp account, it will show a green checkmark and say, “This phone number is already in your contacts. View contact.”

5) Tap Cancel to exit this option or type in a person’s first and last name along with any other details before tapping Save (you’ll review contact details on the next screen).

Important: Don’t overuse this feature because WhatsApp will refuse to check new phone numbers after a few successive attempts.

How to check if a number is on WhatsApp or not using Safari

The above method is very easy, but you should know about a second method as well.

1) Open Safari, and in the address bar, type https://wa.me/ followed by the country code and the phone number you want to check. wa.me is the official short URL for WhatsApp. For example, if you wish to check if 987654321 is available on WhatsApp or not, type: https://wa.me/+1987654321. In this case, +1 is the country code (for the USA).

2) Once you have typed everything, tap the enter key on the keyboard.

3) You’ll see a popup saying Open this page in “WhatsApp”? Tap Open.

4) If the phone number is not registered on WhatsApp, it will say, “The phone number isn’t on WhatsApp.”

5) If the number is registered on WhatsApp, it will open the chat screen. You can start a chat with this person (without saving the number!) or go back to exit the screen.

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How to Check if Someone is Online in WhatsApp

WhatsApp is one of the most popular chat apps out there. It is popular, user-friendly, and simple overall. Although everything seems straightforward with this app, it does hide more than a few neat tricks. They will make your experience much better.

With this in mind, here’s a list of excellent WhatsApp tips and tricks that you might not have known about before.

Checking If Someone Is Online

If you frequently use Facebook Messenger and other apps, you’re used to being able to see whether someone is online at all times. All it takes is looking at the person’s icon in your chat list, and a green circle will indicate that they are online.

With WhatsApp, things aren’t this straightforward. This feature isn’t hidden, either, but you won’t be able to see if someone is online by looking at their profile pic within the chat list.

To see whether a user is online, open the WhatsApp app, and navigate to Chats. This tab will be available from the bottom or top of the screen, depending on whether you’re using an iOS or an Android device.

Once you see a list of your chats, find the one with the person you want to check. Tap this chat, and you should see their status beneath their chat name. If they’re online, it should read “online.” If not, it should read “last seen [insert date/time]. ”

If the contact in question is recording audio or typing at that particular moment, that’s what will be displayed instead.

Turn Last Seen Off

As mentioned, you can see when a person was last online on WhatsApp by opening your conversation with them. Some people don’t want other people to know this. And this is full well within their right for privacy. WhatsApp allows the users to turn the “Last Seen” feature off.

To do this, go to Settings inside the app, then select Account and navigate to Privacy. From there, choose an option that suits you best.

Reading the Messages Without Causing a “Seen”

Ah, the good old “seen.” Nobody likes the feel of ending up on the receiving end of this. On the other hand, you probably aren’t a fan of having to answer somebody’s message right then and there because you don’t want to leave them with a “seen.” Sometimes, you may wish that you could see how urgent a message is without notifying the sender.

Well, you can do this on WhatsApp. All you need to do is turn on the flight mode on your phone and then open WhatsApp to read that message. The sender won’t see a double blue tick mark, and you’ll be able to read the message.

Additionally, you can mark the chat as “unread,” so that you don’t forget to check out the message, but this won’t remove the “seen” mark. To do this, swipe right and tap the unread for iOS devices. For Android devices, press and hold the conversation to mark as unread. Use the airplane mode and mark the chat as unread in combination.

Disable Auto Media Downloads

By default, WhatsApp saves all media that is sent in your conversations automatically. That way, you can end up with a lot of photo/video clutter that will take up space on your Android/iOS device. Fortunately, this feature is easy to turn off.

Inside the WhatsApp app, go to Settings. Then select Chats and turn off the “Save to camera roll” option for iOS devices. For Android devices, turn off the “Media visibility” option.

Do you want WhatsApp to save media on your device for some chats only? Well, open a conversation and tap the name of the group/contact towards the top. Then, navigate to Save to Camera Roll for iOS devices or Media Visibility for Android and choose your preferred settings.

Delete Messages

The message deletion option was available for some time on most chat apps. However, you could only delete a message for yourself. In other words, other conversation participants would still be able to see it. However, some time ago, WhatsApp introduced an option where you can delete a message for everyone.

To do this, select the message by tapping and holding it. Then, select Delete and then Delete for everyone.

Keep in mind, however, that WhatsApp will notify other people that you’ve deleted a message there. Everyone will still know that you’ve sent and deleted a message.

Change Font

WhatsApp doesn’t have text editing capabilities like business-oriented chat apps. It can, however, do more than you probably know. For instance, you can convert the plain font to italics or bold. To do that, type an asterisk then start a piece of text and end it with an asterisk. To make the text italicized, start it and end it using an underscore.

You can also add a strikethrough. To do this, start the text with a tilde and, you guessed it, end it with a tilde. That gives you cool text styling options that you may not have been aware of before.

Spice Up Your Pics

People love sending pictures while chatting. It’s becoming an art form. WhatsApp, of course, supports this option. It also supports adding various doodles and emoticons to your pictures on the go. To add doodles, emojis, or text to a photo, select it as you would before sending it, but don’t tap the send arrow. You’ll see doodle, text, smiley, and crop & rotate options on the screen. Have fun with these options, and then send the photo.

Navigating WhatsApp

WhatsApp comes with various features, some apparent, others less so. Although you surely know some of the ones from this list, you probably didn’t know about all of them. To use WhatsApp to the fullest extent, it’s best that you these tips.

Which tip/trick did you find the most useful? Do you have any other cool ones up your sleeve? Feel free to let everybody know in the comment section below.

How to find out if a person has WhatsApp: practical ways

Posted on 06/21/2019 7 Comments0

Many people now use WhatsApp to communicate, but not all. Do you want to start a conversation with a person in this messenger, but you are not sure if he has this application on his phone? Ask him directly about it - in a personal meeting or when talking on the phone. If it is not possible to ask, check in the messenger itself whether your future interlocutor has registered there. nine0004

You can find out if a person has registered with WhatsApp, but only if you know his phone number. If you don't know, you need to get it: in social networks, through friends, etc. All contacts from your phone book that have WhatsApp will be shown as a list in the messenger.

Messenger on Android

How to view the list of contacts who have WhatsApp in the Android application:

  1. Add the person's phone number to your address book on your smartphone first, if you have not already done so. nine0015
  2. Open WhatsApp, go to the section for calls. Tap on the round green plus button.

    In the section for calls, click on the icon in the lower right corner

  3. Try to find in the list of contacts the person with whom you want to start chatting in the messenger.

    Find a contact in the suggested list

  4. If the person is not available, try updating the list. To do this, click on the three dots at the top and click on the appropriate option.

    Update your contact list from your address book

  5. Please wait while the list is updated - you will receive a notification. Review the list again. If a person is still not there, then he does not use WhatsApp.

    After the update, a message will appear

In the application on iOS

If you have an iPhone, do the following:

  1. Open the section with dialogs. Click on the square icon with a pen to start creating a new chat.
  2. Find the person you want to chat with in the New Chat section if you have previously added their phone number to your phone contacts. nine0002 Proceed to create a new contact in the messenger

  3. If not added, click on "New Contact".
  4. Start entering a phone number. When you're done, you should see a notification under the line whether the person is using WhatsApp or not.

    Enter the number and look at the message below

  5. You may also see a message that this contact is already in your address book. Click on "View". If it becomes possible to start a dialogue with a person, then he is on WhatsApp. nine0002 The program showed that the contact is already in your address book

  6. If you do not receive any notification under the number field, update the messenger in the App Store.

Do not get carried away with this method of determining if a user has WhatsApp, otherwise the messenger will simply stop showing you information.

To find out for sure whether your future interlocutor is on WhatsApp or not, first find out his phone number. Add it to your mobile device's notebook. Launch WhatsApp and go to the contacts section and see if the person is on the list or not. nine0004

  • Author: Ekaterina Vasilyeva