How To Add WhatsApp Account To Facebook Business Manager?

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There are many benefits why you should add a WhatsApp account to a Facebook Business Manager.

So in this Facebook Business Manager tutorial, we are going to show you how to add a WhatsApp business account to a Facebook business Manager.

How to add a WhatsApp account to Facebook Business Manager?

Here is how to add a WhatsApp account to a Facebook Business Manager:

  1. Open the Facebook Business Manager account.
  2. Click on the hamburger menu, then select ‘Business Settings’.
  3. Under the ‘Accounts’ section, click on ‘WhatsApp accounts’.add WhatsApp accounts to Facebookb business manager
  4. Here you can see all the accounts that have already been added if any.
  5. Click on the ‘Add WhatsApp Account’ button to link a new WhatsApp Account.add whatsapp account to business manager
  6. Add your WhatsApp business numberadd whatsapp business app number
  7. Paste the verification code you received in WhatsApp message.

If everything went smoothly, you should receive a message like so:

Whatsapp Business account added to Facebook Business Manager

If you didn’t, check out the end of this tutorial, where we share the two most common reasons why your WhatsApp account can’t be connected to a Business Manager account.

Remove a WhatsApp account from Facebook Business Manager

If you want, you can also disconnect a WhatsApp account from a Facebook Business Manager account.

Here is to remove a WhatsApp Account from the Business Manager:

  1. Open the Facebook Business Manager account.
  2. Click on the hamburger menu, then select ‘Business Settings’.
  3. Under the ‘Accounts’ section, click on ‘WhatsApp accounts’.
  4. Here you can see all the accounts that have already been added if any.
  5. Select the one you want to remove.remove a whatsapp business account from business manager
  6. Click on ‘Remove’
  7. Confirm that you want to remove the WhatsApp business account.confirm deleting a whatsapp business account

Wait a couple of seconds and the WhatsApp business profile should be deleted from the Business Manager account. Now, you can add this WhatsApp account to another Business Manager account if you want to do so.

Can’t add a WhatsApp account to a Business Manager

There are two major reasons why you might not be able to add a WhatsApp business account to the Facebook business manager.

  1. You have already added this WhatsApp number to another Facebook Business Manager account.

can't add WhatsApp Business account to facebook business manager

Or someone else did. In this case, have a look at your other business manager accounts and check if the WhatsApp number is not added to another of your business manager accounts.

  1. It’s not a WhatsApp business account

You can only add a WhatsApp business account to the Facebook business manager. Regular WhatsApp numbers cannot be added to the Facebook Business Manager.

If you want to create a new WhatsApp business account, here you can a find a tutorial on the step by step process of that:

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