Who WhatsApp notifies when changing phone number
Many of us, for whatever reason, change our phone number. Today it is something that can be tortuous since we can have many applications and services linked to our old number and changing it in all of them can be deadly. That is why Whatsapp, and other apps, have an option that allows you to link the new number to the old one in order to maintain conversations, contacts, blocked people, etc.
If you don't know, within the app in Settings/Account/Change number we can carry out this process very easily.But who is notified that we have changed our number? Possibly you want me to communicate it to all the people we have in contact with, but what if not? Below we explain more about this.
Who does WhatsApp notify when changing phone number?:
This is something that we will be able to manage ourselves. Everything is linked to the number change process. We open WhatsApp, we go to the place that we have indicated before to make the change, we enter the old and the new number (in international format) and we touch next.
Change phone number on WhatsApp
It is now when we have to configure who we want to inform of the change. If you turn on Notify contacts , you can choose the following:
- All contacts: All the people you have in your contact list will be notified of your change.
- Contacts I have a chat with: Only people with whom you have an open chat will be notified.
- Personalize: If you select this option you must search or select the contacts you want to notify. After choosing, touch the validate icon.
Please note that Your groups will be notified when you change your phone number, regardless of whether or not you enable the option to notify contacts.
Can a blocked person see that my number change in WhatsApp?:
If what interests you is NO notifying people you have blocked of the change, the best thing you can do is choose the Personalize option and choose all contacts except those that you have blocked and those that you do not want them to find out.
They shouldn't receive any type of notification since you have them blocked, but to avoid any possibility of them finding out it's better to do it as we told you.In addition, we advise you to leave the groups that you can share with these people. Once you make the change, you can get back into them after a few days, so as not to give clues that it could be you. This is an idea that we give, but that each one act as they wish.
We hope we have helped you solve all those doubts that can assail you on WhatsApp when you change your phone number.
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