How to Use Two or Multiple WhatsApp Accounts in One Phone

If you have two phone numbers and you always wanted to use WhatsApp on both numbers in your single smartphone, here is a good news for you. WhatsApp is going to add this much awaited and highly requested “Dual WhatsApp Account” feature to its app which allows users to add and use two separate WhatsApp accounts in one app in a single smartphone. Users will be able to use the new Dual accounts feature in newer versions of WhatsApp on both Android as well as Apple iPhone.

People who use a dual SIM smartphone or carry 2 phones but want to use WhatsApp on both numbers in a single phone, this is really an excellent feature addition.

Before starting the tutorial, let’s mention a few important points:

• The dual WhatsApp account feature is currently available in Beta versions of WhatsApp and it’ll roll out to public very soon.
• Users can add only up to 2 accounts in WhatsApp. So it’s a dual account feature and not multiple accounts.
• You’ll need to switch between both added WhatsApp accounts using the 3-dots menu, so one account can be used at a time. You can’t run both accounts simultaneously.
• Both accounts allow users to customize all settings separately. So you can set different ringtones, themes and other settings separately for both the accounts.

In past, users had to use 3rd party dual apps to install and create a copy of WhatsApp in their smartphones to be able to add their second WhatsApp account. Some clever users take advantage of WhatsApp for Business app to use another account in their smartphone. Actually WhatsApp provides a special edition of its app for business which can be installed and used alongside with regular WhatsApp.

Many smartphones companies such as Samsung also provide their users dual app functionality built-in. Users can use this functionality to use 2 WhatsApp accounts in 1 smartphone. We posted an exclusive tutorial about this feature in following article:

[Tip] Run Two WhatsApp Accounts on Your Samsung Galaxy Mobile Phone

We got our hands on the new dual account functionality introduced in WhatsApp and we are going to share an exclusive review of this new feature for our readers pleasure.

Following are the step-by-step instructions to add and use dual accounts in newer versions of WhatsApp:

How to Add Another Dual Account in WhatsApp

There are 2 ways to add a second account in WhatsApp:

METHOD 1: Tap on 3-dots menu in WhatsApp and select Settings option. Look carefully at the right-side of your username and avatar, you’ll see a new drop-down arrow button given next to the QR code icon as shown in following screenshot:

Tap on it and WhatsApp will open a new account management fly-out at the bottom which can be used to add another account.

METHOD 2: Tap on 3-dots menu in WhatsApp and select Settings option. Now tap on Account section. Here you’ll get a new “Add Account” option. Tap on it and WhatsApp will open the account management fly-out at bottom to add another account.

Tap on the “+ Add Account” option present on the fly-out and WhatsApp will start the setup wizard to add another account. The setup wizard is same which is displayed at the first time when you install WhatsApp.

Enter your second mobile phone number and complete the wizard by entering the OTP, name, etc.

That’s it. You are ready to use two different accounts in one WhatsApp in a single mobile phone.

How to Switch and Use Two Accounts in WhatsApp

Once you add another account in WhatsApp, you can switch between both accounts using following steps:

Whenever you need to switch between accounts, you can tap on 3-dots menu and select “Switch Accounts” option. WhatsApp will immediately switch to the other account.

Alternatively, you can also select desired account using the new Account Management fly-out which can be accessed using above mentioned METHOD 1 and 2. The fly-out will show list of both accounts and you can tap on any account to use.

How to Delete or Remove Extra Dual Account from WhatsApp

If you decide to delete one account in future, you can remove the dual account from WhatsApp using following steps:

• Tap on 3-dots menu in WhatsApp and select Settings option.
• Now tap on Account section. Here you’ll get a new “Remove Account” option.
• Tap on it and WhatsApp will allow you to remove the account from the device.

Please note WhatsApp will remove the account which is currently in use. If you want to use other account, first switch to it using the 3-dots menu and then try to remove it.

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