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• Advice
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This wikiHow teaches you how to use WhatsApp's "Broadcast" feature to determine which WhatsApp contacts has your number saved. Remember that someone who doesn't save your number in contacts can text you on WhatsApp; As a side note, the following methods are likely to be ineffective with contacts that rarely use WhatsApp.

Steps

Method 1 of 2: On an iPhone

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   to the right of the text field. Your message will be sent to the group.

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   to the right of the text field. Your message will be sent to the group.

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   Wait a reasonable amount of time. This depends on when you send the text of the day, but it's usually best to wait an hour or two before continuing for the entire message list - your contacts - to see. message.

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   Open the information menu of the message you have sent by:
   • Long press on the message until a menu appears at the top of the screen.
   • Press the button ⓘ top of the screen.

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   Check the title "Read" (Read by). The people who saved your number will read the message, so you'll see the name of the contact with your number here.
   • If you see the name of the person you want to check here, they have your number saved.
   • Keep in mind that contacts with your friends saved but rarely using WhatsApp will not appear in the "Read" section until the next time they use WhatsApp again.

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   Check the "Delivered" title. People who do not have their friends in their contacts list will not receive a mass text message as a chat message, so their names will only appear below the "DELIVERED TO" heading.
   • If you see the name of the person you need to check here, chances are they haven't saved your number.
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Advice

• You don't need to mass text your contacts to confirm whether people have saved your number.

Warning

• If someone saves your number without the country area code, even though the person technically has your number, they may not appear on the New Broadcast page.