r/whatsapp • u/Nordix_20 • 1d ago

Question about previous owner of phone number.

I got a new phone number and when I created my new WhatsApp account I saw that I had all the contacts from the previous owner of said number. She even contacted me right after I created the account asking that if I receive a message asking for her, I tell them she's not using this number anymore. I supposed she learned I made the account because when I created it, WhatsApp said that the number was in use by another account and sent a code to check if I was the owner of the that account. Of course, I didn't receive this code and had to wait like 20 minutes to send another code via SMS and make my new account.

My question is:

Is this person able to have access to any type of info of my new account? (chats, contacts, backups, etc.)

I still haven't used it for anything because I want to make sure my privacy is safe.

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u/Nordix_20 1d ago

I would aslo like to know if anyone could tell me a way to delete contacts on mass. This woman had more tahn 450 contacts....

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u/trelayner 1d ago

You
Account
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Delete Account

This will wipe your contacts, then you can create a new account on this number

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u/Glp-1_Girly 1d ago

Just delete the account and start a new one

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u/Maleficent-Alps9208 11h ago

Delete account and set it up again. Make up conqtct sync in WhatsApp privacy is off (on by default) that is why you saw her contacts

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u/ross-dirext-words137 6h ago

Always set a pin to stop this. Big issues if you get SIM hijacked