Deeplinks to interact with WhatsApp.
🚨 WARNING 🚨
If you were sent here by someone claiming you need to click / copy a link to “verify” or “unlock” or “fix” or “recover” your WhatsApp account, do not do it.
This page is a technical reference only. I am not affiliated with WhatsApp support.
- Block and report that person immediately.
- In WhatsApp go to Settings > Linked Devices. There revoke access for all entries you don’t often use yourself. When in doubt just delete them all.
- Change your email password if you shared it and anywhere else where you have the same password.
- Have your devices checked for malware by a tech you personally know and trust.
You’re not the only one. This page is getting 200+ visitors per day looking for account recovery. Don’t fall in the trap. WhatsApp.com is the only reliable point of assistance. Be safe!
Universal link
The wa.me links are so called universal links. When the user has the mobile or desktop app installed, this will directly open the app. When that is not the case they will be send to the WhatsApp website with download instructions.
Only open WhatsApp
https://wa.me/Start chat to phone number
The number must be in international format without any symbols or spaces, i.e. 316123456789
https://wa.me/1234Start chat and prefill text field
Leave out the phone number to display the contacts list. Apply URL encoding for spaces and other special characters.
https://wa.me/1234/?text=Hello%20worldStart a voice/video call
https://wa.me/call/1234Create a new community
https://wa.me/community/createCreate a new list
This opens the ‘new list’ dialog where you can order your chats and groups in lists.
https://wa.me/new-listGo to the Favorites tab
https://wa.me/favoritesStart a chat with the WhatsApp webcare
https://wa.me/supportThe user has WhatsApp
The following only work if the app is installed, otherwise the user may get an error.
Only open WhatsApp
whatsapp://Start a chat
whatsapp://sendStart chat to phone number
The number must be in international format without any symbols or spaces, i.e. 316123456789
whatsapp://send?phone=1234Start chat and prefill the text field
Leave out the phone number to display the contacts list. Apply URL encoding for spaces and other special characters.
whatsapp://send?phone=1234&text=Hello%20worldStart a voice/video call
whatsapp://call?phone=1234Create a new list
This opens the ‘new list’ dialog where you can order your chats and groups in lists.
whatsapp://new-listFavorites
Open the Chats view on the Favorites tab.
whatsapp://favoritesVariations
These show up in my website stats. I think they are meant to target beta versions of the app. Where consumer is probably the normal one and smb the business variant. They follow the same scheme as whatsapp:// but the fpm command appears to be some internal fast platform migration.
whatsapp-consumer://fpm?version=3
whatsapp-smb://
fb306069495113://
upi://Hacking attempt
Turns out the whatsapp-consumer://fpm links are meant for connecting a new device to your WhatsApp account.
It is called GhostPairing, a form of hijacking, which grants the hacker full ownership rights to your WhatsApp account. It works by letting the victim authorize a cloud synchronization to a new device, the attacker’s in this case.
Do not click those ‘fpm’ links!
Go to Settings > Linked Devices and there revoke access for all entries you don’t often use yourself. When in doubt just delete them all.
Web-based app
The links below open the web version of WhatsApp. You still need the regular app or access to the phone’s SMS messages to login.
Only open the webapp
https://web.whatsapp.com/Start a chat
https://web.whatsapp.com/sendStart chat to phone number
The number must be in international format without any symbols or spaces, i.e. 316123456789
https://web.whatsapp.com/send?phone=1234Start a chat and prefill the text field
Leave out the phone number to display the contacts list. Apply URL encoding for spaces and other special characters.
https://web.whatsapp.com/send?phone=1234&text=Hello%20worldStart a voice/video call
https://web.whatsapp.com/calluser?phone=1234Changelog
2025-03-22 – Warning about phishing. This page is being weaponized by account thieves.
2025-01-16 – Note about GhostPairing attack that uses deeplinks
2025-12-25 – A few more links
2025-10-17 – Added call links and note about consumer and smb variants.
2025-01-23 – Small rewrite since wa.me is now the standard.
2019-12-02 – Added url to only launch the app. Rewrite text.
There is a new url ‘wa.me’ for the redirector. Right now it is still using the old one at ‘api.whatsapp.com’, but they don’t say if it is going to be replaced. Maybe ‘wa.me’ is going to be a universal link that it tightly connected with the app. When you have the app installed it will open immediately without the web redirect. And when you don’t have it the website opens. Time will tell.
Hélio
Hi, did someone tell you to use this article to fix, unlock or restore your account?
If so, I’m afraid you are a victim of cybercrime.
DO NOT share your credentials with anyone.
BLOCK THAT PERSON IMMEDIATELY!
And check your devices and email for malware, automatic forwarding and access by strangers.
Me and this website are not affiliated with WhatsApp in any way.
Be safe!
Is it a way to send a message without opening the app and click on send on Whatsapp?
I just want to enter the url and the message is send…
I don’t believe there is a way to bypass the app using the URL schemes. The only way to directly talk to WhatsApp is by building your own solution using the Business API: https://www.whatsapp.com/business/api
I don’t want to send messages or do a call, I want to open whatsapp and that’s it. what will be the URL scheme for that.
You can leave out the command section:
whatsapp://Or
https://api.whatsapp.com/Nice