Discovering WhatsApp contacts: A step-by-step guide. - WhatsApp: Who has my phone numbers stored?
WhatsApp, the popular messaging app used by millions worldwide, offers a useful feature that can help you determine if your phone number is saved by someone in their contacts. This method involves using the app's broadcast list feature.
Here's how it works:
- Create a broadcast list and add the contacts you want to check.
- Send a broadcast message.
Recipients who have your number saved will receive the message like a normal chat. Contacts who have not saved your number, however, will not receive the broadcast message at all.
This is because WhatsApp only delivers broadcast messages to contacts who have your number saved, to prevent spam.
By observing who receives or does not receive your broadcast message, you can infer whether they have saved your number.
Key Points
- Broadcast lists can have up to 256 contacts.
- You can create multiple broadcast lists if you need to check many contacts.
- This method works without any special tools or permissions, just using WhatsApp's native feature.
Additional Tips
- If only one tick appears, it may not have been enough time or there may be a WhatsApp hater on the other side.
- This method does not apply if the person blocks you on WhatsApp.
- To check if your number has been saved, you need to create a broadcast and select two contacts: the person you want to check and another person whose contacts you know you are saved in.
Limitations
- WhatsApp does not have a feature to check if others have saved your number.
- If a person has WhatsApp but doesn't open the app within a certain timeframe, the "delivered" and "read" ticks may not appear even if your number is saved.
- This method does not provide information about whether the person reads their messages regularly or not.
In summary, sending a broadcast message and those who don't receive it likely have not saved your number on WhatsApp. WhatsApp is the most popular messenger among Germans, and millions use it to communicate with friends, family, clarify work or school issues, and share updates via the status function.
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