You may not know it but, the hand of Facebook reaches much further than you could imagine. Services such as WhatsApp or Instagram belong to this company and, as you can imagine, what Facebook is interested in (to improve the user experience) is to unify them in the best possible way. Today we want to explain everything you need to know about Mark Zuckerberg’s latest move. We explain what the WhatsApp integration on Instagram is for and how you can do it on your own account.
What is the use of linking WhatsApp to Instagram
It is very likely that this is the first question or doubt that comes to mind. And the truth is that including WhatsApp as a contact method in your Instagram account can be useful for many things. But, the truth is that this alternative is more intended for those more professional users.
This method of contact is certainly not very new for those of us who use Instagram to publicize our brand, business or services. Until now, through our profile we could establish both an email and a phone number as contact forms, this being able to have the possibility of talking to them by WhatsApp if customers added us to their agenda. But the truth is that with this latest change by Facebook, that a person who wants to talk to us through this messaging app is tremendously simple and can be done simply by pressing a button (without having to save the phone number).
Therefore, and as you may already be imagining, it is a feature that is only available in professional Instagram profiles , or at least for now. But you can rest assured, if you do not have an account of this type you can activate it in a simple way as we will explain below. Of course, you must bear in mind that any user who accesses your profile and clicks on the contact button will be able to see your phone number, so do not add it lightly. That said, let’s move on to the process by which you have surely arrived at this article.
How to link WhatsApp to Instagram
Now that you know the main use of this link between Facebook services, we get to work. The first step, if you don’t have it yet, is to change your account type to “professional profile . ” This will simply give you the possibility to know the statistics of user interaction with your publications, in addition to other functionalities such as the link with WhatsApp. To do this it is as simple as:
- Enter the Instagram app and access your profile by clicking on the icon with your photo in the bottom bar.
- Once in your feed , click on the icon with the three lines in the upper right corner to access the “Settings” of your account .
- Within this new menu, access the “Account” section.
- Scroll to the bottom of this list and click on the blue option “Change account type”.
- Here it will appear “Change to professional account”, click on this option. Follow the steps that Instagram gives you now and that’s it.
Ready this point, it is time to go on to link your WhatsApp number in your Instagram account. To do this, follow the steps below:
- From your own profile, click on the option «Edit Profile».
- In this new menu, open the “Contact options” section.
- Here, as a novelty, you can see the field to fill in with WhatsApp . Click on it and add your phone number.
- At the end of this process, you will have to click on “Send code”. This will cause a new contact called Facebook Business to send you a code to your own WhatsApp.
- Take this code to Instagram and, automatically, the message “You have added WhatsApp!”
From now on, anyone who clicks on the “Contact” icon that you can see on your profile will be able to send you a message directly to WhatsApp . Remember, if they can do this, they can see your phone number.
How to unlink WhatsApp from Instagram
If when the time comes you are tired of having this contact method on your Instagram account and you want to unlink both services , or you want to change the number to a different one, the process to follow is very simple:
- Access your profile again.
- Click on the button “Edit profile”.
- Enter the section “Contact options”
- Click on your number next to the WhatsApp icon.
- Here you can change this number, or click on “Delete WhatsApp” so that it disappears from your profile.
