Have you thought about saving the messages you think are most important on WhatsApp creating a chat with yourself, to be used as an archive to quickly retrieve texts, photos and videos that you always want to have at hand? Well, it seems a bit "rough" as a solution since the well-known messaging app integrates an ad hoc function useful in such cases. However, if for some reason you still want to proceed in this way, you will have to save your number in the address book, so as to enter it on WhatsApp.
How do you say? You don't have a clue how to enter your number on WhatsApp? Don't worry: I can tell you how to do it on both Android and iPhone. From a PC, at the time of writing, it is not possible to complete the operation in question (since the Web and desktop version of WhatsApp is "supported" by the app for mobile devices and, therefore, it is necessary to proceed from this last).
Having said that, if you are ready to start, I would say not to waste any more precious time in chatting and get right into the heart of the article. Make yourself comfortable, take all the time you need to concentrate on reading the next paragraphs and, more importantly, try to implement the "tips" that I will give you. There is nothing left for me to do, except wish you a good read!
Index
- How to enter your number on WhatsApp on Android
- How to enter your number on WhatsApp on iPhone
- How to enter your number on WhatsApp on PC
How to enter your number on WhatsApp on Android
Before explaining to you how to enter your number on WhatsApp on Android, I advise you to check that you have not already saved your mobile number in the address book (if so, in fact, there is no need to do anything else). If you haven't actually saved it yet, feel free to follow the instructions below.
First, open the app Address book o Contact Us, pressing the icon of phonebook placed on the Home screen or in the drawer of the device (the screen that contains the icons of all the apps installed), tap the button capacitor positive (+) lead which should be at the bottom right and, in the opened screen, fill in the form you see on the screen, specifying your data in the appropriate text fields (Full name, Last name e Phone Number). Finally, click on the item Save located at the top right and that's it.
Now, start the WhatsApp app, tap on the tab Chat located at the top left, presses the symbol of white speech bubble on green background located at the bottom right and press the button (⋮) located at the top right. Finally, tap on the item Update in the opened menu.
There is also an alternative procedure that allows you to save your mobile number directly in WhatsApp. To use it, after starting the famous instant messaging app, tap on the tab Chat, premi sull'icona della white speech bubble on green background and presses the button New contact placed at the top.
In conclusion, save your number in the address book by specifying yours name, last name e telephone number in the appropriate text fields and tap on the item Save located in the upper right corner. Then update the list of WhatsApp contacts following the instructions I gave you earlier.
If you do not see your number on WhatsApp (even after updating the contact list), check that you have granted the app permission to "read" the address book: go to the menu Settings> Applications> WhatsApp> Permissions and, if necessary, move up ON the switch located in correspondence with the item Contact Us.
Now, to save one or more messages in the chat with yourself, do this: locate the conversation containing the message or messages of your interest, keep your finger pressed on one of those to be forwarded to yourself and, after selecting them, tap on freccia rivolta verse destra (top right). In the screen that opened, then tap on your contact and presses the icon ofpaper airplane (bottom right), in order to send them.
However, I point out that the best way to save messages is to use the WhatsApp function that allows you to set them as favorite: after having opened the conversation of your interest and having identified the message to save to your favorites, keep your finger pressed on it, tap the icon of star placed high and that's it.
Messages added to favorites are grouped in the section Important messages of WhatsApp, reachable by pressing on the tab Chat, by tapping the button (⋮) and selecting the voice Important messages from the opened menu. Convenient, don't you think? More info here.
How to enter your number on WhatsApp on iPhone
If you want to know how to enter your number on WhatsApp on iPhone, know that the procedure to follow is, in essence, the same as I indicated earlier in the chapter on Android. Also in this case, therefore, I recommend that you first of all check the presence of your number in the address book before proceeding (you should be able to verify its presence through the section My card located at the top of the app home screen Contact Us).
If your number is actually not saved in the phone book of the "iPhone by", proceed to save it by following the procedure I am about to show you. First, launch the app Contact Usby pressing on the icon phonebook placed on the Home screen, tap the button capacitor positive (+) lead located at the top right and, in the menu New contact that has opened, fill in the proposed form.
Therefore, provide yours in the appropriate text fields name e last name, award your bottone (+) add phone and write yours telephone number in the appropriate text field. Finally, tap on the item end (top right) and that's it.
Alternatively, if you want to proceed directly from the WhatsApp app, start the latter, tap the button Chat located at the bottom right, presses the symbol of pen with paper (top right) and press the button New contact. Subsequently, provide yours in the appropriate text fields name, last name e cellphone number, tap on the item Save (top right) and tap on the item Done (top left).
Regardless of the procedure you have decided to implement, now make sure that your number is actually saved on WhatsApp: press on the tab Chat (bottom right) and, in the search bar located at the top, write yours name.
If you don't see your number in WhatsApp, maybe you haven't granted the app permission to "read" your iPhone's address book. To solve the problem, go to the menu Settings> WhatsApp and move on ON l'interruttore situato in corrispondenza della dicitura Contact Us.
Now you are finally ready to save one or more messages by starting a chat with yourself. To do this, locate the conversation containing the message or messages you want to save and keep your finger pressed on one of those to forward to yourself. In the opened menu, select the item Submit, tap on all the messages you want to send to the chat with yourself, press on the symbol of freccia rivolta verse destra (bottom left), select the your contact and, finally, presses on the voice Submit (bottom right).
I remind you, however, that the best way to save messages in WhatsApp is to use the specific functionality linked to messages favorite. How to use? I'll explain it to you right away: after opening the chat of your interest and identifying the message to save to your favorites, keep your finger pressed on the latter, tap on the item Important in the menu opened and that's it. Then repeat the operation for all the messages you want to save as important.
To find the messages saved in your favorites, go to the tab Settings of WhatsApp and tap on the item Important messages, in such a way as to go to the screen that groups all the messages that you have decided to "label" as important. More info here.
How to enter your number on WhatsApp on PC
You wish to proceed from PC? I'm sorry, but at the moment of writing it is not possible to save your number on WhatsApp neither using WhatsApp Web nor using the official WhatsApp client for PC.
Since WhatsApp synchronizes its address book with that of the smartphone, in fact, it is necessary to proceed from the latter. What you can do from your PC is forward the messages to your number (after adding it to WhatsApp using the instructions I gave you earlier) or use the function that allows you to mark them as favorites.
In the first case, what you need to do is open the conversation of your interest, locate the message you want to forward to yourself, hover the mouse cursor over it and click on the button (⌵) placed in its correspondence. In the menu that opened, then click on the item Forward message and possibly select other messages in the open chat. When you are ready to do so, click on the icon of the freccia rivolta verse destra (in basso a destra) and selects the voice Tu in the box that appeared on the screen, so as to send the selected messages to your number.
To take advantage of the feature that allows you to save messages in your favorites, however, you must go to the chat of your interest, locate the message you want to bookmark, hover the mouse cursor over it and click the button (⌵) appeared in correspondence with the latter. In the menu that opens, then click on the item Important message And that's it.
To find the messages you have set as important, click the button (⋮) located at the top left and select the wording important in the opened menu. Easier than that ?! More info here.
