Viewing email address of WhatsApp contacts

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WhatsApp does not allow users to view the email addresses of their contacts because accounts are registered solely with phone numbers. If a contact signed up using an email address, that information remains private and is not accessible through the app. Users can request email addresses directly from their contacts, but WhatsApp lacks a feature to display email addresses in profiles, unlike platforms such as LinkedIn or Facebook. A workaround mentioned involves using the "About" field in WhatsApp to share an email address, allowing others to see it if specified. Overall, the design of WhatsApp focuses on phone number registration, which limits the visibility of email information.
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Can i view email address of my WhatsApp contacts?
Can i view email address of my WhatsApp contacts?

I am unable to view email address since the signing up was done using phone number by my contacts?
If the Sign up was done by the contact using email address,then i would have been able to view his/her email address ?

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Prashant S Akerkar

[Mentor Note -- Image of WhatsApp contact deleted because it displays personal information]
 
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If they didn't give you the email information, I don't see how you can find it using their phone number. They might not have an email address or it is more likely that they might have several. You can send them a phone text message. You would need to find out what phone carrier they use and each carrier has a way to send messages to their customer phones. They usually have an SMS gateway and an MMS gateway. MMS has more capability.

Sending text message from PC
1) get their phone service provider at carrierlookup.com ( Phone# => T-mobile => SMS gateway: tmomail.net
OR use http://freesmsgateway.info/ to look up SMS gateway
(can get a free SW at https://github.com/typpo/textbelt )
2) email to nnnnnnnnn.ccccc (n=phone#; c=carrier SMS gateway)
keep text under 160 characters.

Carrier SMS gateway domain MMS gateway domain
Alltel [insert 10-digit number]@message.alltel.com [insert 10-digit number]@mms.alltelwireless.com
AT&T [insert 10-digit number]@txt.att.net [insert 10-digit number]@mms.att.net
Boost Mobile [insert 10-digit number]@myboostmobile.com [insert 10-digit number]@myboostmobile.com
Cricket Wireless [insert 10-digit number]@sms.cricketwireless.net [insert 10-digit number]@mms.cricketwireless.net
Project Fi [insert 10-digit number]@msg.fi.google.com [insert 10-digit number]@msg.fi.google.com
Sprint [insert 10-digit number]@messaging.sprintpcs.com [insert 10-digit number]@pm.sprint.com
T-Mobile [insert 10-digit number]@tmomail.net [insert 10-digit number]@tmomail.net
U.S. Cellular [insert 10-digit number]@email.uscc.net [insert 10-digit number]@mms.uscc.net
Verizon [insert 10-digit number]@vtext.com [insert 10-digit number]@vzwpix.com
Virgin Mobile [insert 10-digit number]@vmobl.com [insert 10-digit number]@vmpix.com
Republic Wireless [insert 10-digital number]@text.republicwireless.com

see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_gateway for the full list
 
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Thanks for your reply.

Of course, if I send my contacts requesting them for their email address, they will definitely provide me.

My point was, when we sign up with WhatsApp, there is no option of adding email address for your profile created?

There is a option in LinkedIn, Facebook apps where you can add email address in your profile created. This is not a mandatory field but a optional field.

Thanks & Regards,
Prashant S Akerkar
 
Thanks.

I got a workaround in WhatsApp. In About Field, i can specify my email address for others to view my contact and send me email at my email address.

Thanks & Regards,
Prashant S Akerkar

[Mentor Note -- Image of WhatsApp contact deleted because it displays personal information]
 
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akerkarprashant said:
Thanks for your reply.

Of course, if I send my contacts requesting them for their email address, they will definitely provide me.

My point was, when we sign up with WhatsApp, there is no option of adding email address for your profile created?

There is a option in LinkedIn, Facebook apps where you can add email address in your profile created. This is not a mandatory field but a optional field.

Thanks & Regards,
Prashant S Akerkar
This is because WhatsApp was created just to register by phone number
Which is why you don't get a box to add any emails to WhatsApp
In which you can let others see your email address...
 
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