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How to Use WhatsApp's "Message Yourself" Chat

Tap through each step to see how to use your own private chat on WhatsApp.

  1. Find "Message Yourself" in your contacts or new-chat list

    Start a new chat and look for "Message Yourself" near the top of your contact list.

  2. Open the chat

    This opens a private chat visible only to you.

  3. Send a file, photo, link, or note

    Send anything you'd send in a normal chat -- photos, documents, links, or plain text -- and it's saved there.

  4. Check it from any linked device

    Open WhatsApp on another device logged into the same account (including WhatsApp Web or the desktop app) and the same chat and content appear there too.

  5. Why it's useful

    Moving a photo from your phone to your computer, or saving a personal note only you will see, works without a cable or a separate note-taking app.

A cable-free way to move files between your own devices

Instead of connecting a phone to a computer with a USB cable or emailing yourself a file, sending it through this chat and opening WhatsApp on the other device gets it there just as fast.

It behaves like any other chat, with the same limits

Large files may still be subject to the app's normal per-file size limit, and very large media can eventually expire from device storage the same way it would in a regular conversation, so treat it as a convenient shortcut rather than permanent cloud storage.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can anyone else see this chat?

No -- it's visible only to your own account, on any device logged into it, and no other contact can see or join it.

I don't see "Message Yourself" in my contact list -- what do I do?

Start a new chat and search your own name or number; on some app versions it also appears automatically at the top of your contacts once you've used it once.