If you get a new phone number, you should also report it to WhatsApp. Otherwise problems can arise.

It can happen quickly: you get a new smartphone and a new phone number. You set up all your apps again, including WhatsApp. Everything works great, even the messenger works. But there is one more detail you should pay attention to!

Namely the phone number. Our advice at this point: Report to WhatsApp that you have a new phone number. Fortunately, this isn't difficult, but you should stick to the exact order. Why generally tell WhatsApp the new number? The FAQs for Messenger say:

[mk_ad]

You can use the change function to change the phone number associated with your WhatsApp account. If you change your phone number in WhatsApp then...

  • transfer your account information, including your profile photo, name, your name, the About section, individual chats, group chats, and your old phone number settings to the new phone number.
  • The WhatsApp account associated with your old phone number will be deleted so that your contacts will no longer see the old phone number in their WhatsApp contact lists.

You can choose whether you want your contacts to be notified of your phone number change. The group chats will be notified when you change your phone number. This happens regardless of whether you want to notify your contacts or not.

[mk_ad]

If you keep your smartphone and just get a new phone number, the entire chat will also remain.

Change phone number: This is how it works!

Whether you want to delete them or not may also depend on whether you want to keep all WhatsApp contacts and groups - or if you want to use the opportunity to “clean up” your contacts a bit. Maybe not all previous contacts should get the new number...?

That could also be of interest

No evidence of Rockefeller's alleged Freemasonry. “We will keep their lives short and their minds weak while we pretend to do the opposite.”. Continue reading…

Sign up for the Mimikama newsletter

Notes:
1) This content reflects the current state of affairs at the time of publication. The reproduction of individual images, screenshots, embeds or video sequences serves to discuss the topic. 2) Individual contributions were created through the use of machine assistance and were carefully checked by the Mimikama editorial team before publication. ( Reason )