web.whatsapp.com

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 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.