How to Access WhatsApp for Desktop (Mac and PC)

Can anyone tell me how to access WhatsApp on my computer to read my clients’ conversations? Actually, I often use WhatsApp for official work like communicating with clients and I find it tedious to joggle between my iPhone and computer over and over again. Please help!

It would be much more convenient to access & use it from desktop to share videos or photos and send text messages. Well! It is not a tough job to access WhatsApp via your PC and Mac. We have brought to you the ways via which you can do it easily. You simply need to follow the steps mentioned under the methods carefully. Let’s explore them now!

[Step-by-step Gudie] How to Access WhatsApp on Computer (Mac and Windows)

Accessing WhatsApp on your computer will require your mobile device connected to a strong internet connection. The desktop version or the web version of WhatsApp just mirrors your mobile’ WhatsApp on the webpage or PC. It means both the devices need stable internet connectivity for this.

Note: If you find your WhatsApp messages get lost during the process, you can learn How to Recover WhatsApp Messages on iPhone and Android

#1. How to access WhatsApp Web on your computer

Since, WhatsApp is being accessed using a web browser, the process remains same for both Mac and Windows users.

Step 1: Launch the available browser on your computer. You can use Chrome/Firefox/Opera/Edge/Safari and open https://web.whatsapp.com/.

Step 2: As soon as the page loads, you can see a QR code there. You need to follow the onscreen instructions to scan the QR code and then access WhatsApp on your Mac or Windows PC.

For iOS - open WhatsApp on your iPhone and click ‘Settings’ > ‘WhatsApp Web’ > ‘Scan QR Code’ and then use the scanner to scan the code on your PC screen.

Once you scan the code, your WhatsApp messages will be displayed on your computer screen. Now, you can send, receive, and read messages share GIFs, videos, photos, and documents using your PC.

#2. How to access WhatsApp via the desktop program

Well! The process of accessing WhatsApp on computer using the web browser and desktop app is almost same. The only difference here is the desktop software needs to be downloaded on your Windows or Mac PC.

Step 1: Download the Windows/Mac version of the software from the official WhatsApp website.

• For Mac computers, you need to unzip the folder and take the WhatsApp application to ‘Applications’ folder.

• For Windows PC, you need to run the .exe file and go along the procedure.

Step 2: Now, launch the application on your computer. As soon as the QR code page appears, follow the same procedure like that of the WhatsApp Web version. And scan the QR code.

The WhatsApp Web and desktop versions are identical in nature. They mirror your iPhone/other mobile device’s WhatsApp on a computer screen. So when your WhatsApp is logged in to a computer, anyone can use it and go through your conversations. Therefore, it is recommended to avoid public computers to access WhatsApp for PC. Remember to always logout before leaving the computer or handing over to anyone else, be it your personal computer or work/public.

Part 2. How to Export WhatsApp Messages on iPhone to Computer

In case you want to safely export your iPhone’s WhatsApp to a computer, then dr.fone - iOS Data Recovery is among the best and most viable options. It enables you to export selective conversations to a PC.

This software can also let you preview conversations and then allow you to choose specific conversations for exporting. You can also recover deleted messages from WhatsApp, back to your system. All that you need to do is, select them while recovering WhatsApp messages.

You can export WhatsApp history using 3 modes, from the iOS device, from iTunes backup, and from iCloud backup files. It depends what you choose to recover the WhatsApp messages to get recovered from. Not only WhatsApp conversations, but attachments can also be retrieved using this wonderful dr.fone. Once you export the chats, you can access the WhatsApp conversations on your computer.

See the instruction on How to Export WhatsApp Messages to Computer with dr.fone

Part 3. How to Use WhatsApp on PC and Mac

1. Send Messages

• After opening WhatsApp on your computer. You can then send both text and multimedia messages to your contacts.
• Open the Contact to whom you are going to send a message.
• To send text messages, you can type in your content in the Text Box and then press Enter to send it.
• To send video, photo, you can click the Paper Clip button on the top right corner of the interface. Then choose the desired photos or videos from your computer.

2. Create Group Chat

• Open WhatsApp in your PC/Mac > Go to the Chats screen.
• There will be a People icon at the bottom of the screen - Select "New Group".
• Now type the Name of the Group.
• Click the "Add Photo" box to add a picture and Tap "Next".
• Start adding group participants by tapping "+" and type the name of the participant.

3. Making Calls from WhatsApp

Free WhatsApp calling facility is available to call your friends or acquaintance from any part of the country to any location. It is available in Android, iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Phone. It is necessary to have an internet connection while making the call and it will not charge from your cellular voice minute plans. It is better to use a Wi-Fi or Data connection with unlimited internet connection for making call and only data charges will be applied.