Private numbers
A session can be private: then only the member who linked it can see and use it. Use this for your own WhatsApp number in a shared workspace, so colleagues cannot read its messages or send from it.
Who can see and use a private number
| Who | What they get |
|---|---|
| The member who linked it | Everything, as with any session: its page, messages, settings, webhook and API key, from the dashboard, their own personal access tokens and the apps they connected. |
| Workspace owners | Its name, number and status in Sessions, marked Private with the member's email. They cannot open it, read its messages or send from it; they can only share it with the workspace or delete it. |
| Other members | Nothing. It does not appear in their lists, and the API answers 404 to them. |
Anyone who holds the session's API key can still send from it, so keep the key to yourself. A private number counts towards your plan's numbers like any other.
Make a number private
- When you link it: turn on Private in Sessions → New session.
- Later: open the session and turn on Private on its page. Only the member who created the session can do this, and turn it off again to share the number with the workspace.
Private numbers in rotation
The member who linked a private number can turn on Rotation in its settings. Messages the workspace sends with rotation may then go out from it, without anyone else seeing its messages or settings. Settings → Sending lists it among the numbers in rotation for owners.
When the member leaves
Their private numbers stay linked and keep counting towards the plan. An owner opens Sessions, opens the ⋯ menu on the number's row and chooses Share with workspace to take it over, or Delete to unlink it.