hey this is paul the wondershare mobile trans and in today's video we got a really good topic
a few years ago someone would have asked me could you activate and use a whatsapp account without an
actual sim card i probably would have said it wasn't possible and for one reason or another
this could be a really important thing for you to do whether it's for the privacy of not sharing
your own personal number needing to use different accounts different phones different devices the
need for a whatsapp account that's not actually tied to your primary number could be crucial for
some users so yes it is possible to create and use a whatsapp account without having a physical sim
card and so in this video we'll be showing you some of the top methods that you can use and as
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stay in the loop for when we upload new ones like this before following any of these steps there are
a few things that you're going to need to keep in mind before proceeding forward if you haven't
already be sure to install whatsapp on the device that you'll be using whether that's android iphone
pc or tablet if the current whatsapp already has a verified account you need to first uninstall it
or delete its data if at any point you run into issues or you need additional help while following
this video we do have a guide that you can follow down below it has additional instructions that can
help you out the first method we're going to use is to create a temporary or a virtual number using
text now a lot of people myself included haven't had or used a landline in years so this is going
to be a really good method we're going to use the virtual number that can also be temporary
to authenticate our whatsapp account text now is a very dependable solution and it works on both
android and iphone so this is how you can use text now to authenticate whatsapp without an actual
number first download and install text now on your device it'll ask you for your zip code put that in
and it will auto generate five different options for numbers that you can choose from and let's
say you live in chicago but you want a number from somewhere else say new york you can actually put a
zip code from new york and it'll give you five numbers with those area codes after selecting
your virtual number install whatsapp on your phone and continue with the setup process when
you get to the step that asks you for a number put in the text now generated temporary phone
number and this next step is going to be important normally whatsapp is going to send you an sms code
that you would then enter to authenticate your number what we're going to do instead is wait
for that sms verification code to go away and then instead we're going to prompt it to give us a call
with the text now still running in the background you're going to wait for whatsapp to call you with
a verification code you'll receive a call to your new text now number to answer it and you'll hear
a prompt that's giving you a verification code you'll then switch over to whatsapp and enter the
code that you hear and now your whatsapp account will be ready to use if you live within the us or
canada using a google voice number can also be a great way to create a virtual number to activate
with a whatsapp account first install google voice on your device continue the setup process
and register with your google account after that's done go to settings under your account you'll see
get a google voice number click select you'll see the condition that you need to have an existing
u.s based number or landline phone number to qualify click search you'll see an auto-populated
list of cities nearby or you can use the search bar above to see if that city is available unlike
text now google voice will show you a list of more than five numbers that are available
you can select any of those numbers hit select on the desired number to use that
google voice number you now need to verify it with the existing phone number that you have
you will receive a code and hit claim you will receive a confirmation that your account is ready
to use hit finish underneath account now you'll see the devices and numbers that are linked
to that new phone number it also will tell you the phone number your real number that'll be
forwarded to if you click the google voice number it'll be saved to your clipboard switching back
to whatsapp you can now paste that number hit done it'll ask you if that number is correct click yes
the verification code will fail click call me all you need to do is open whatsapp enter the new
number created via google voice and now you have an activated whatsapp account using that secondary
number some of you may be wondering if you can actually activate a whatsapp account without
the need for verifying a number at this time there aren't any methods for doing so and you're either
going to need a phone number that can accept calls or text messages that said if you already
have a whatsapp account that is tied to a regular phone number and you either want to make it more
private by no longer using that number or switch it to another number for any other reason you can
use the methods we used above to do so next open whatsapp and go to settings accounts change number
accept the terms and conditions and enter both your old and your new number as before you're
going to wait for the sms verification to fail and then select phone call instead after receiving
that phone call listen for the verification code switch back to whatsapp and enter that
verification code and now you switch your whatsapp account from your old number to a new virtual
number for the last step i'm going to show you how you can use a whatsapp account that's on an old
device that no longer has its sim card and how to use it on a new device say for example a computer
and so if you no longer have access to the sim card or number that the old whatsapp account was
activated on this step will help you out to do so we're going to use whatsapp on web open whatsapp
on your old phone and tap on the three dot symbol you'll see an option called whatsapp web
on your new device navigate to web.whatsapp.com when the website loads on your new device you'll
see a qr code take your old device and scan that qr code and then you'll be logged into your old
whatsapp account but now on your new device the website is primarily designed to be used on a
desktop but if you switch to the desktop mode on your mobile browser you'll have access to it so
there you have it those are some of the best ways to activate and use a whatsapp account without the
need for a real number if you need additional help or you have questions let us know in the
comments down below so we can assist you there or if you have other working methods to activate
a whatsapp account without a number let us know there too if you found this video helpful give it
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