How to track on WhatsApp: know the location

There are various situations in which it may be necessary know the location of a contact on WhatsApp. For example, knowing the exact movements of a family member or trying to find out their last location.

In this article, we will teach you how to track on WhatsApp using different methods, which are available for mobile devices or PC.

Procedure to follow

The best option to find out where a WhatsApp contact is is to ask them to share the location (it can be current or in real time). Regardless of the OS you have, the steps you will need to follow are:

1. The user who wants to share the location must enter the chat of the person who wants to track you.
2. Click on the clip or the symbol of “+”.
3. Select “Location”.
4. Grant permissions to share location.
5. Finally, select “Real time location” either “Current location”.

Note: In the event that you want to share the location in real time, it will be necessary to indicate the duration in which the function will remain active, it can be: 15 minutes, 1 hour or 8 hours.

Using third party tool

The IPLogger website is a platform with multiple tools, the one that is relevant in this case is the one that allows people to be located. To track WhatsApp using IPLogger, follow these steps:

1. Enter the official website by clicking next.
2. Navigate through the page until you find the option “location locator” (can be located at the bottom of the website) and click on “Get the IPLogger code”.
3. Check the box to accept the terms of use, as well as the privacy policy. Then, click on “Following”.
4. Next, copy IPLogger link indicated in the section that says “Your IPLogger link to collect statistics”, simply by clicking “Copy”.
5. Send the copied link to the WhatsApp contact whose location you want to know.
6. The other person must enter the link and when doing so, it will appear in the “Registered IPs” tab.

Note: The address obtained by this tool is not exact and may vary from the actual location. In addition, it is necessary that the person enters the link and that permissions to access the location are not blocked.

Additional alternative

In certain cases, we want to track a user’s location without their authorization, although it is important to know that this implies a violation of their privacy and is reserved for emergency situations. The procedure consists of the following:

1. Enter the WhatsApp Web platform from this one.
2. Close additional tabs, as well as applications that are open, leaving only the WhatsApp website. In addition, it is necessary to have a recent conversation with the person you wish to locate.
3. Press the “Windows + R” keys and open the “Symbol of the system”. In Windows 7 the “Run” window will open, type “cmd” and press “Enter”.
4. In the console enter the command “netstat -an” and run it. This will show the IP of the person to be tracked.
5. To end, access an IP tracker like the IP-Address tool. Enter the platform by following this, and enter the IP address to get the approximate location of the user.

Note: the IPs must be copied from the “Remote Address” section and the “Status” section must say “ESTABLISHED”. The first one on the list may not offer the location, so the others should be tried as well.

Those mentioned are all the methods that currently exist to track WhatsApp and know the location of a contact.