What happened if you change your whatsapp number?
- The old whatsapp number will be deleted and not visible to your existing whatsapp contact.
- If someone sends a message in your old whatsapp number then it does not arrive at you And the sender will find a gray tick on the message.
- But there will be no effect on the chat and also your all contacts stay the same even your whatsapp group.
- All your contacts and groups get a silent message that you have change your whatsapp number if you want.
- All of your whatsapp settings like privacy, tone, and similar things will be migrated to your new whatsapp number.
- Your profile picture and information will be migrated to your new number.
You can lose your data if you take the wrong step. For this reason, you should follow this step-by-step guide properly and stay with me till the end of this article.
How To Change Number On Whatsapp Without Losing Chats?
If you want to change WhatsApp numbers on the same phone, WhatsApp provides a basic method. Here’s how:
- Open your whatsapp and click on the three-dot icon at the top right corner.
- Select settings.
- Choose account > change number.
- In the next window choose Next.
- You need to enter your old whatsapp number and new number. The upper one is the old number and the lower is the new whatsapp number. Don’t enter the same number. When done click on next.
- In the next step, you can set up to notify your contacts. If you want to notify your contacts then enable the toggle button. Either keep the default and click on done.
- When you complete all these steps you will redirect to a new window where your new number will verify automatically.
- Now your Whatsapp number has changed successfully, without losing any data and chat history.
FAQ’s
Q1. How to change whatsapp number without notifying contacts
- Open Whatsapp.
- Tap on three dot > Settings.
- Choose Account > Change Number.
- Tap on Next.
- Enter your old and new phone Number properly and tap on Next.
- Now keep Notify contacts option disable and choose Done.
- Follow the instructions to complete the process.
Q2. Will my contacts be notified if I change my WhatsApp number?
Q3. How can I change my WhatsApp number without an old SIM?
Final word
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