How to send messages to yourself on WhatsApp

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WhatsApp is currently the most used messaging application in the world.. The application exceeds the barrier of 2.000 million users, although it has been losing credit, one that has been gaining growth is Telegram, the only competition of the messaging app bought by Facebook.

This tool has many options to get the most out of it, many of them will help us when we want to be different from the rest. As with other applications, through WhatsApp you can send messages to yourself, be it a reminder, the purchase, photos and even videos.

There are several methods to send messages to yourself on WhatsApp, many would see it to use it as a notes application, ideal if you want to write down things that you need. WhatsApp is good for everything, especially if you know how to take advantage of the tool purchased by Mark Zuckerberg's social network.

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Up to three methods to send you messages

WhatsApp messages

It is useful if you ever need to save important information, you never have a pen and paper at hand, so the mobile phone can be your best ally. Telegram, for example, has a cloud with which you can save messages, storing those things you want.

The same thing happens in WhatsApp, but it is not as easy as it is in the application created by the Durov brothers, Pavel and Nikolai. Despite this, the tricks make the Meta application get extra options over time, but always based on tricks to access its options.

There are applications for it, we will also talk about them as an option outside the method in which you only have to use the phone and some trick. Doing without tools is the best, if you don't want to overload the device, it is best to devise a plan for it.

Create a contact with your number

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It is one of the options that many people have already made, to save their name and number on the phone, they do it because you often forget all nine digits. This may be valid if what you want is to generate yourself as one of the contacts in the mobile phone book.

WhatsApp usually scans the contact book, so you will be a normal contact and the option to send a message will be possible. It is a fast method, it is also usually the best of the three, Thanks to this you will be saving everything you want, including images, photos and text.

To carry out this process, do the following:

  • Open the “Phone” app and tap on the “Contacts” symbol
  • Within contacts you have the + symbol in the upper right, click on it
  • Add the name and phone number and save the contact with the symbol on the top right
  • Open the WhatsApp app and look for yourself as one of the generated contacts, now you will see that you can open a conversation with yourself

This method usually works, although it does not always work, but this happens after the latest updates of the WhatsApp application. The contact is always available in the agenda, which also shows your own information, you can see your phone number and the information you have put in the application.

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Create a group where only you appear

WhatsApp group created

This is the most feasible option of the three, but first of all let that friend know that you are going to expel him once you get to create the group, staying only in the group and serving what you were looking for. Among other things, you can invite someone to this group if you want and need to talk to a person.

Creating a group is simple, in addition to carrying it out, it will ask you to have at least one person or the ones you want, but definitely, it is best to add only one. If you do it with several people, you must explain to each one that you did it to create a personal chat just for you.

If you want to create a group, do the following with the WhatsApp application:

  • Launch the WhatsApp app on your phone
  • Click on the round button that shows a conversation icon and then click “New Group”
  • Select at least one contact, before you have to have warned him that you are going to create a fictitious group
  • Now it will ask you to write the name of the group where it says "Write the subject here", you can add a photo and add emoticons, to create it click on the confirmation
  • You will get the “Creating group” message, wait until it finishes and that’s it
  • Now click on the top, go to the name of the contact and clicking on it, press where it says «Expel», it will show you that you have been expelled from the group, with this it will be enough to have a place to store information, photos and whatever you want

Use a web link

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One of the three ways to chat with yourself on WhatsApp is using a web link. Using the WhatsApp web application is one of the options, for this you will need to open a URL and enter your phone number, but you have to download the application to the PC, it requires its installation.

To do this, enter the link http://wa.me/seguidodetunumero, it will open a page with the message “Chat on WhatsApp with here the number”. It takes a few minutes process, so take your time and you don't want to do everything in just a minute, since it requires a small download on PC.

To carry out this process, do the following:

  • Open the web address http://wa.me/yourphonenumber, where it says your phone number you must enter the 9 digits and click on “Continue to chat”
  • It will show you a message that says "Download", click on it and choose Windows, you will need the latest versions, since they are supported, either Windows 8, 8.1, 10 and 11, Windows 7 or earlier versions are not valid, also works with Mac OS
  • You can send messages directly to your account, saving those messages you want

It is the well-known web version of WhatsApp, remember to look for yourself and this will allow you to use it as a cloud, saving the information you want. Anything goes, text, images, videos and documents, so you will be able to save everything you want without having to do the previous two steps.


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