# WhatsApp Link Generator

Turn a phone number and a message into a wa.me click-to-chat link.

- Category: Web (web)
- URL: https://ilham.dev/tools/whatsapp-link-generator/
- Documentation: https://ilham.dev/tools/whatsapp-link-generator/index.md
- Keywords: whatsapp, wa.me, click to chat, link, phone, message, generator, wa

## Example questions

- Why is the leading zero removed?
- Does the message have to be encoded?
- Can I shorten the link?

## Properties

- Runs in the browser
- No login required
- No data uploaded


## About

Build a wa.me link that opens a chat with a number and a message already filled in. Enter the country code and the phone number, type the message, and the page writes the click-to-chat link, ready to paste into a page, an email or a QR code.


## Questions

### Why is the leading zero removed?

wa.me needs the number in international form, which has no national trunk prefix. A local number written 0812 becomes 62812 once the country code is added, so the leading zero is dropped before the two are joined.

### Does the message have to be encoded?

Spaces and punctuation cannot sit raw in a URL, so the message is percent-encoded. That is why a space turns into %20 in the link; WhatsApp decodes it back to a normal space when the chat opens.

### Can I shorten the link?

Not here, because shortening needs a request to a third-party service and this page never sends your text anywhere. Use your own shortener afterwards if you need one.