Send WhatsApp Message to Numbers not in Contacts Book

Whatsapp it is one of the most popular applications, perhaps the most popular among smartphone owners. Such app makes communication simple and free. However, it might be a little annoying to use if you need to send messages to someone who isn't in your address book. In this case, in fact, you always need to do it first add that person to your address book and then proceed to send the Whatsapp message.

This procedure is simple but difficult, especially if you often have to send a message to numbers not in the address book. In this way you also create confusion in the address book itself because you accumulate contacts that in reality are not useful to you and over time you will surely forget their existence. But then how to solve this problem? There is a way to send a WhatsApp message to numbers not in your address book? You can send Whatsapp messages without saving the contact in the column? The answer to these questions is yes and below we point out two possible solutions.

Solution #1: Using Whatsapp API

At first glance, the procedure we are about to see may seem a bit complex, especially for users who do not have much experience with using their smartphone. However, once you understand how it works it becomes much more intuitive.

Step 1. Open your favorite web browser on your smartphone

Step 2. Type the following link into the search bar: https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=XXXXXXXXXXX (Instead of the If the person has an Italian number (with the prefix +39) you will then have to enter a link similar to this: https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=393452323234

Step 3. Press “Enter” on your smartphone

Step 4. A WhatsApp window will open asking you if you want to send a message to that phone number. Press on “send Message“.

Step 5. You will be automatically redirected to WhatsApp with the “Start chatting” with the person who has that number you entered in the link.

Whenever you want to get in touch with someone via WhatsApp, whether it is to ask a very short question or start a conversation, with the method described above you will be able to do it without saving the number in the address book.

This procedure is fine if you need to send a message to a single contact. However, if you need to send a message to multiple numbers not in the address book then we recommend using the following software solution.

Solution #2: WhatSender Software

WSTOOL is software designed to send WhatsApp messages from your computer, even to numbers NOT saved in the address book of your phone. It is therefore an ideal app for those who have a list of telephone numbers and want to contact all those people via Whatsapp. It is no coincidence that it is also widely used in the field of Whatsapp Marketing by companies that contact their customers via Whatsapp (the communication channel that has become the favorite for many).

Downloads

The first thing you need to do is download and install this software on your Windows PC. Here is the download link:

Proceed with the installation and launch of the program (100% FREE version) and you will see this screen:

Before creating the message to send, you need to import the contacts, i.e. the recipients. As mentioned, these contacts can also NOT be saved in your address book. What you need is to have the phone number. If in addition to the number you also have the name, perhaps saved in a CSV or Excel file, even better because through WhatSender you can create personalized messages, where the name of the person who will receive the message automatically appears.

Contact import

Click on the button at the top left IT MATTERS and choose between import contacts from file or enter numbers manually

After you have entered the recipients' numbers, start writing the message from the central area of ​​the program. You can also attach photos, videos or documents to send with the text message (or send just the multimedia file…).

Sending message

Finally, just click on SEND.

This will open the black Windows Command Prompt window and the Whatsapp Web window with a QR code. Open Whatsapp on your phone, go to the Menu and click on Whatsapp Web. Bring your phone closer to the PC screen and scan the QR code. Once this is done, the program will start sending messages to all imported contacts.

Done!

In addition to the two methods described above, there are various applications (downloadable from the Google Play Store) that allow you to send WhatsApp messages to numbers not in the directory and without saving contacts. However, many of these apps are not fully functional and are also full of misleading advertising, which is why we decided not to list them in the article.