creating a WhatsApp user name

By Dennis Long, 8 October, 2025

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iOS and iPadOS

hi, using voiceover on iOS how do you create a WhatsApp username? any help is appreciated.

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By feofil on Wednesday, October 8, 2025 - 16:42

I am not sure what you would need a laptop username for on an iOS device. Perhaps you mean the AppleID? I am not sure how to create one since I have been using the same one for twenty years on various iOS devices as I have upgraded them. But there is an item in the Settings app near the top for the AppleID settings.

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By Joseph on Wednesday, October 8, 2025 - 21:25

The original poster is asking how you create a username on Whatsapp, using VoiceOver with the iOS whatsApp application. Laptops were never mentioned in the original post.

By kool_turk on Thursday, October 9, 2025 - 04:06

I checked on this because I was having trouble finding it too. It turns out this feature is still in beta.

The way it's supposed to work is pretty straightforward: you'll select a username and try to get one that hasn't been claimed yet. This contrasts with services like Signal, which let you choose a name but then tack on a unique numerical identifier at the end.