Everything you Need to Know About WhatsApp’s ‘Message Yourself’ feature

Meta’s WhatsApp recently rolled out the “Message Yourself” feature, a self-chat feature that allows individuals to send messages to their contacts via WhatsApp. The feature that is similar to Telegram’s Saved Messages allows users to send messages to themselves at any time. This feature is useful for storing important information, such as a grocery list, or for quickly sending reminders.

How to Use WhatsApp Yourself Feature

Well, I guess you are ready to dive into the step-by-step guide that we have set up for you. Before you check out how to use the Message Yourself feature, you will be required to download and install the latest version of WhatsApp from Apple App Store or Google Play Store depending upon your device.

Step 1: Start the WhatsApp app on your device.

Step 2: Tap on the “New Message” icon.

Step 3: Search for and select your contact in the new chat search bar. Your contact will have a “Message Yourself” note right under the contact number. Alternatively, if the number is not in your address book, you can add your number in the contact recipient section using WhatsApp Click to Chat feature.

Step 4: Go ahead and type in the message that you would like to send to yourself. You can also add images, videos, voice notes, documents, contacts, locations, and WhatsApp polls to your chat just as you wish. Once you’ve done that, tap the SEND button. That’s it, you will have sent a WhatsApp message to yourself.

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What Happens When you Send Yourself a Message on WhatsApp?

The experience of receiving messages from yourself does not differ from the usual chats of friends and family. As soon as you send yourself a message, you will receive a notification pop on your device and you will see the message from yourself listed under your chats. Fun fact, the message sent to self is marked as viewed as soon as you hit the send button.

Is the Message Yourself Available on WhatsApp Desktop?

This new self-chat feature is available on the WhatsApp Desktop version as well as long as the app is up to date. The method to message yourself on the desktop version is similar to the mobile version that is listed above. However, Messages to yourself will not be synced as they do for other chats.