WhatsApp Link Generator (wa.me)

A WhatsApp click-to-chat link opens a chat with a phone number without saving it as a contact first. Businesses put it on websites, Instagram bios, email signatures, flyers and QR codes so customers can message them in one tap. Enter the number in the format you normally write it, choose the country, add an optional message, and the generator builds a correct wa.me link, removing spaces, brackets, dashes and the leading 0 that international links must not contain.

How to use this tool

1. Choose the country of the number, or the first option if you type it with + and the country code.
2. Type the number as you usually write it, for example 07700 900123.
3. Add a pre-filled message if you like; it is encoded for the link automatically.
4. Copy the wa.me link, or the HTML or Markdown version from the table, and test it on your phone.

Formula

Link = https://wa.me/ + country code + national number without the leading 0 (+ ?text= + URL-encoded message)

WhatsApp’s click-to-chat format needs the full international number with digits only: no +, no spaces, no brackets or dashes, and no leading zeros. The trunk prefix used for domestic calls is removed: 0 in most countries, 8 in Russia and Kazakhstan, 06 in Hungary and a leading 1 in North America. Italian numbers keep their 0, because it is part of the number after +39. Digits that already begin with the country code are used as they are only when they are too long to be a national number, so an Indian mobile starting with 91 still gets +91. The message is percent-encoded as UTF-8, so spaces become %20, line breaks %0A and any language or emoji works. A complete number has 8 to 15 digits (the E.164 maximum).

Example

The UK number 07700 900123 becomes 447700900123: the 0 is dropped and 44 is added. With the message “Hello there” the link is https://wa.me/447700900123?text=Hello%20there. A Korean mobile 010-1234-5678 becomes https://wa.me/821012345678.