The function change your phone number in WhatsApp allows you to change the number that you have associated with your account on the same device where it is without losing the conversations and contacts you have.
By changing the phone number that you have associated with your WhatsApp account, you are migrating information from your account to another number. You can also change the number as many times as you want without losing anything.
You can create a backup of your chats before starting the process to be more secure, although it really is not necessary.
How to change my phone number on WhatsApp in a few steps
To change the phone number of a WhatsApp account without losing your conversations and contacts, follow these steps:
To begin you must verify that your WhatsApp account is linked to your previous number, you can see it by entering the app settings and then click on your profile photo.
Then, you should have put the new SIM card in your device. In case you have not done so, turn off your mobile or put it in airplane mode and insert the new chip. Then turn on the phone and activate the data so that it recognizes the SIM change.
The next thing will be to enter the app and then you have to access the WhatsApp menu. From there click on ” Settings> Account> Change number”. The latter is represented by the icon of a SIM card.
When you enter this section, it will explain that changing your phone number will migrate your settings, groups and account information. Before proceeding, make sure you can receive SMS messages or calls from the new number.
If you have a new phone number and devices, you should go through this process on the old device to make sure you don’t lose any data. If you are sure you want to continue, click on the green button “Next.”
In the first box of the new screen that opened, it will ask you to enter your old phone number with the country code and the area code without the 0 (zero) and without the 15 (fifteen).
In the second box, it will ask you to enter the new phone number with the country code and the area code without the 0 (zero) and without the 15 (fifteen), that is, in the same way, that you did in the previous step.
When you have finished, click on the green button “Next.” to continue. Finally, it will ask you to verify your number using a six-digit code that will be sent to you by SMS or by voice call. You decide the method of receiving it. In case the verification code never reaches you, you must do a series of steps.
Once you have finished this process, we remind you that you can now log in to WhatsApp Web from your new phone number without problems.
How to notify your contacts about the change of your phone number
Finally, WhatsApp gives you the option to notify your contacts about the number change. We recommend that you do so because otherwise the rest of the contacts will not know that you have done it and when the time comes that they want to communicate with you by voice call they will do so to your old number without getting an answer.
In this way, the contacts that have received your notification will change the phone number in their directory. Only people who are participants in a group of your chats will be notified of the change through a message in the group.
You can choose to notify all contacts, the contacts with which you have a chat or conversation in the chats tab or customize your contact list, with which you can select the people you have in the list of your contacts and you want to notify this change.
As you can see, it is very simple to change the phone number with which your WhatsApp account is associated and doing so will only take a few minutes. However, if you have questions about this tutorial you can leave it below in the comments so that we can help you.