WhatsApp has gradually become a sort of default texting app for most smartphone users all around the world. At the same time, it is one of the quickest and easiest ways of sending or receiving text messages, photos, videos, or documents, without limiting geographical boundaries. It works cross-platform on iOS, Android, and web browsers. For convenience, many of us access it via WhatsApp on a PC or our laptop.
In this article, we will share with you a trick to send WhatsApp messages without saving a number in your contact list. This will come in handy when you need to text some unknown with whom you probably won’t be connecting again in the future. In such is a case, you can easily send messages via WhatsApp without saving a number. Here’s how you can do it.
How to send WhatsApp messages from a website without saving a number
1. Grab a web browser and write the following URL:
https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=xxxxxxxxxxxx.
You can conveniently use a mobile browser or PC browser, it works on both.
2. Replace the code part in the URL with a valid mobile number prefixed with the country code. For example – if you’re sending a message to an Indian number, use the URL https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=910000000000 without using any dashes or brackets.
3. The browser will open a page displaying the number you are intending to send a message to. Click on the “Continue to Chat” button.
4. The mobile browser will directly take you to the WhatsApp chatbox to start your conversation. While on a PC browser, it will ask you to either download WhatsApp’s web application or continue to WhatsApp Web chatbox.
It must be noted that the mobile number you’re mentioning on the URL should be registered on WhatsApp otherwise it will show you a message of an invalid number.
Using Truecaller to send WhatsApp messages without saving a phone number
- Open the Truecaller app.
- Type the phone number of the person you want to chat with in the search bar.
- The Truecaller app will show the profile of the person.
- Scroll down and tap on the WhatsApp button available.
- The WhatsApp chat window will open.
- Now send the message without saving the contact number.
Using Siri Shortcut to send WhatsApp messages (iPhone only)
- Open the Apple shortcuts button and click on ‘Add shortcuts’.
- Install the WhatsApp to Non-contact shortcut.
- Once the shortcut is installed click on it to run it.
- Enter the number with the country code in the choose recipient box.
- The WhatsApp chat thread of that specific number will open and you will be able to message the person.
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Tell us in the comment section if you find this trick useful or not. Also, you can share your suggestion with us to do similar articles in the future. Till then, stay healthy, and stay safe!
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