How to close your account remotely if your phone is stolen or lost

Losing the cell phone: one of the worst nightmares that people who love their smartphone have. The worst? That a thief steals his phone

On smartphones we have not only important data as contacts or addresses, but also diary, social networks information bank etc. .

That is, all our life is in these gadgets. That's why many may panic if their phone goes missing or someone removes them.

If this happens, the first step will still be to block it using iCloud or Google depending on your operating system.

But, despite this, you still have access to your accounts and apps if they did not have a security method enabled. For example, the unlock pattern, fingerprint, pinch or code.

So, what to do to close your WhatsApp account and that no one can use it or spy on it?

The company is aware that this type of incident is quite common; so he offers a solution for that. The problem is that you can not "disable" the account yourself : you have to send an email to WhatsApp

• It's quite simple. The first step is to call your phone company and report your phone number and your chip
• Then all you have to do is write to the email " [email protected] "with the subject " Stolen / Missed Phone: Please disable my account ". As such
• In the mail, you must add your phone number – the same badociated with your account – in international format
• That is to say with all the country code starting with the + sign. Here you can find yours
• Immediately, WhatsApp will deactivate your account temporarily
• To reactivate it, you will have to retrieve your phone number in a new card SIM and enter WhatsApp
• The application you will send an SMS to activate the account of t as well as the first time you will use it
• If you do not reactivate it not in less than 30 days, it will be completely eliminated

while it is disabled; your contacts can continue to send them messages that you will see as soon as you reactivate them.