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Ninad Mahajan
Ninad Mahajan

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Send Whatsapp messages without saving number

A while ago I had to send a whatsapp message to a person, but did not want to save his number in contacts.

Same thing happened again, I went to make some printouts and shop owner requested to send document over email or on his whatsapp, obviously whatsapp was the preferred option in this case also I didn't want to save his number.

These problem lead me to search a way to send whatsapp messages without saving number in contacts. I found out that you could actually do it but it's not quite straightforward or even possible for everyone.

It can be done this way:

  1. Open this url in browser : https://wa.me/[Phone-number]

and it will open Whatsapp app with chat opened for this number.

This gave me an idea, if I can make it easier by providing a way to enter a phone number and open above link in a browser. This will help me as well as lot of people facing same problem.

UI for entering mobile number and open chat on whatsapp

Turned out it's not as difficult as I thought it would be, so after completing development as using it for a while I decided to publish over internet

So here it is https://waunmp.web.app/.

I am still perfecting it, but please give it a try and provide your feedback.

Have a nice day!!

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