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How to Delete Your WhatsApp Account

How to Delete Your WhatsApp Account

Laura Martisiute

March 5, 2024

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To delete your WhatsApp account, you need to request account deletion through the WhatsApp app on your cell phone. After that, your WhatsApp account should be deleted immediately.

Speed: 2 Difficulty: 2

Walkthrough to Delete Your WhatsApp Account

Delete your WhatsApp account in six steps.

1. Open the WhatsApp app on your phone

Search for and click the WhatsApp application on your phone to access it.

2. Click the three-dot icon and “Settings”

Once in the app, click the three-dot icon in the upper right corner.

WhatsApp three-dot icon

Then, click “Settings.”

WhatsApp Settings button

3. Click “Account” and “Delete Account”

Once in the settings menu, select “Account.”

WhatsApp Settings - "Account"

Click “Delete Account.”

WhatsApp Settings - "Delete Account"

4. Enter your phone number and click “Delete Account”

Enter the phone number and country code associated with your WhatsApp account.

Then, click the “Delete Account” button.

WhatsApp "Delete this account" - entering phone number

5. Give a reason for deleting your WhatsApp account and click “Delete Account”

Select the reason why you want to delete your WhatsApp account.

Click “Delete Account.”

WhatsApp "Delete this account" - reason for deleting account

6. Click “Delete account”

Click the “Delete account” button to permanently delete your WhatsApp account.

WhatsApp "Delete this account" - last step to delete account

You have deleted your WhatsApp account.

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