Use WhatsApp without SIM - how it works

In order to be able to use WhatsApp, you need a mobile phone number with which your account will be linked. In this practical tip, we will tell you whether you can use WhatsApp without a SIM card.

Use WhatsApp without a SIM card - so it'll work

Before you start installing WhatsApp, you should be in the WLAN with your smartphone.

1. After you have successfully installed WhatsApp, the messenger asks for your mobile number.
2. Since you have not inserted a SIM card, you can also enter your landline number instead. Make sure that the "0" of the area code no longer applies.
3. Confirm the entry. WhatsApp will now try to send an SMS to your phone, but it fails.
4. After about five minutes, you can choose to receive the code by phone.
5. You will then be called on your landline phone and receive the confirmation code for WhatsApp.
6. After entering this, the messenger was successfully linked to your landline number and you can use it without a SIM card.

Advantages of WhatsApp without a SIM card

The ability to use WhatsApp without a SIM card has several advantages.

• For example, you can still use Messenger with a discarded smartphone if you use the SIM card in your new cell phone.
• A second cell phone that can be used in this way is practical, for example if you deposit it in the car as a replacement.
• If you have forgotten your new smartphone at home, you can still communicate via WhatsApp on the go.
• You may want to continue your old chats, but you don't necessarily want to reveal your new phone number. Even then, the option without a SIM card is a good solution.

In our next practical tip, we will show you how you can use WhatsApp without a cell phone.