How to message yourself

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You can send messages to yourself to keep track of notes and messages. Messages to yourself work and look like regular chats, but you can't make audio calls, video calls, mute notifications, block or report yourself, or see your last seen and online.

Message yourself

  1. From the Chats tab, tap
    new chat
    .
  2. Search for or select your name or phone number. Tap your name or phone number to create your chat.
You can quickly find this chat by pinning it to the top of your chats list. Learn how to pin a chat.

Forward a message to yourself

  1. Open the chat with the message you want to forward to yourself.
  2. Tap and hold the message you want to forward to yourself, tap Forward >
    forward
    .
    • To forward multiple messages, tap and hold the message, tap Forward, then select additional messages.
  3. Search for your name or phone number. Tap to select yourself.
  4. Tap Forward.
Note: Messages to yourself are end-to-end encrypted. Learn more about end-to-end encryption in this article.

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