WhatsApp QR Code Generator

A WhatsApp QR code lets customers start a chat with you without saving your number first. Scanning it opens WhatsApp — the app on a phone, or WhatsApp Web on a computer — with your number selected and, if you like, a message already typed. The tool turns any common way of writing a phone number into WhatsApp's official click-to-chat link, draws the code and checks that it scans, all in your browser.

How to use this tool

1. Type your number in international format, such as +44 7700 900123, or choose the country and type it as you would at home.
2. Optionally write the message the customer will see in their text box.
3. Choose size, colours and PNG or SVG, then download.
4. Scan it with a second phone to see the chat open before you print.

Formula

https://wa.me/<country code + number>?text=<URL-encoded message>

Spaces, dashes, dots and brackets are removed, and a leading + or 00 is dropped. When a country is chosen, a national leading 0 (trunk prefix) is removed — except for Italy, where the 0 is part of landline numbers. The result must be 8 to 15 digits, the E.164 limit. The message is percent-encoded as UTF-8, so emoji and accents work.

Example

+1 (555) 123-4567 with the message Hi there becomes https://wa.me/15551234567?text=Hi%20there. The UK number 07700 900123 with United Kingdom chosen becomes https://wa.me/447700900123.