WhatsApp tips and tricks: Know how to send messages to someone without saving their contact number

WhatsApp, Meta-owned instant messaging app, is used by billions of people to connect with friends and family members around the world. We also use the instant-messaging app to communicate with people in our work place. All of you should now that to send message to a person in WhatsApp we need to save their phone number in our contact list.

However, there are times when we need to contact an unknown person on WhatsApp for some work and it should be a one time thing. So, we don’t want it to save it to our contact list as they can see our status and profile picture after we save their number. And many users who are concerned about their privacy also don’t want that.

There is a way with which you can send message to someone without saving their phone number in your contact list. Let’s us know more about it.

WhatsApp users can directly send messages to anyone without saving their phone number. However, there is no direct way to do this and you will have to go through some extra steps.

How to send messages on WhatsApp without saving a phone number

You can send messages to anyone without saving their phone number with some simple steps. To do this, you will need a shortcut link that is provided by WhatsApp.

Step 1: Open any browser on your smartphone and type the URL “https://wa.me/phonenumber. “

Note: You should write you’ll need to enter the phone number along with the country code in place of “phone number” in the URL. Once you add the number, the URL should look like this: “https://wa.me/919931138525”

Step 2: Tap enter to open the link.

Step-3: You will now see a green box, which says “Continue to Chat.“ Just tap on it and you will be redirected to your WhatsApp account.

Step-4: There you will see a new chat window with the phone number. Now you can send message to the number.

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