How to reserve and change your WhatsApp username

7:15 AM PDT · July 6, 2026

Meta-owned chat app WhatsApp started to roll out username reservations for its 3 billion users earlier in June. The username feature is not active, but you can claim your username and start using it whenever the feature becomes available this year.

With usernames, people will be able to share their WhatsApp contact without having to disclose their phone number. This could be useful for people who want others to contact them on WhatsApp, but don’t want to share their information or their phone number. For businesses, it might be easier to share a name than a phone number to their customers.

Here is how you can reserve your username:

• Go to Settings > Account and tap on the Username option under the “Your Account” section
• If you are setting up your username for the first time, you will get a “Create username” option,...

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