Changing your phone number or logging into WhatsApp with your old number can be quite annoying. In this guide, nextpit shows you how you can keep your old number on WhatsApp or add another phone number in just a few steps.
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Use old number in WhatsApp
If you have a new smartphone but still have the old number, you will have to register again with WhatsApp. To use your old number with WhatsApp, follow these steps:
- Open WhatsApp
- Enter your old phone number
- Enter the code of the Enable two-factor authentication if available
- Downloads the data from the last available backup
Here are the steps on how to change the number in WhatsApp. / © nextpit
Now you have to wait a moment until all the data has been downloaded from the backup before you can use the old number in Messenger. Another tip: WhatsApp will ask you for permission to access your contacts. So that WhatsApp can display and synchronize your contacts, we recommend that you allow this access. You do not have to verify via SMS. And that’s it – now you can simply continue to use your old WhatsApp account. The best thing is: you do not even have to send your contacts your number.
Change phone number in WhatsApp
If, however, you have a new phone number, you will obviously have to enter it in WhatsApp. To change the phone number, proceed as follows:
- Goes on Settings
- Select Account
- Goes on Change number
- Enter the old and new number
- Determine whether your contacts should be notified
Here are the steps on how you can use your old phone number in WhatsApp. / © nextpit
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This article was updated on August 19, 2024. Previous comments remain, but may be taken out of context.
