# Connect Your Phone Number to WhatsApp

Once your facebook business manage has been verified, you can add your number to developer app to get official whatsapp API.

**Step 1:** Go to [**developer.facebook.com**](https://developers.facebook.com/) and select the app you have created already.

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**Step 2:** Go to **API Setup** and **click** *Add Phone Number* to connect a phone number to your WhatsApp Cloud API account.

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**Step 3: Fill** in your business information and click *Next.*

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**Step 4:** Fill in your WhatsApp business profile information and click *Next.*

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**Step 5: Add** a phone number for your WhatsApp Cloud API. Note that the number you add cannot be tied to an existing WhatsApp account.

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**Step 6:** Verify the phone number you’ve added. A 6-digit verification code will be sent to the number. Enter the verification code once you receive it.

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**Step 7:** Look at the *Send and Receive Messages* section. The number you’ve added will be shown.

<figure><img src="https://1070184764-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FruILU5aO9I4iUshX7F7v%2Fuploads%2FPifxhmPrGCYvAc3fVG7z%2Fscreely-1686951630765.png?alt=media&#x26;token=3c89a927-7c70-4385-a6c5-77644e29c0f4" alt="The number you’ve added will be shown in the Send and receive messages section. You have connected your phone number with your WhatsApp Cloud API account! Now that you&#x27;ve set up WhatsApp Cloud API on your Facebook Developer Account, you need to connect it to a messaging inbox like respond.io to start sending and receiving messages."><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

You have connected your phone number with your WhatsApp Cloud API account!&#x20;

Now that you’ve set up WhatsApp Cloud API on your Facebook Developer Account, you need to connect it to a messaging inbox like **chatio.io** to start sending and receiving messages.