Wechat FAQ
What is Wechat?
Wechat is a fashionable and new mobile communication tool. It supports 1) sending voice, video, photo and text messages; 2) group chatting and 3) finding people nearby according to location data. It works on iOS, Android and Symbian devices.

What can Wechat do for me?
With Wechat, you can chat with your friends instantly via voice messages, as well as texts and images. You can also create a group chat to chat with several friends together.

Is Wechat Free?
It’s free to download, install and use Wechat. However, you may need to pay your carrier for internet service.

Is there any distance restriction for voice messages?
No. You can chat with friends anywhere.

How to register?
You can login to Wechat with your QQ ID directly or sign up with your phone number or email address.

I’ve entered the correct password but got a “wrong password” notice.
The reason may be: 1) you are using Wechat 2.0 or older version or 2) you have changed your QQ password within 2 hours. To solve this problem, you can 1) upgrade to 2.1 or later version or 2) login to Wechat 2 hours later.

How to retrieve my password?
Click “Forgot Password?” in login page and follow the instructions. However, you may not retrieve the password if you registered with an email address and failed to confirm it in time.

Will Wechat contacts see my QQ ID?
If you login to Wechat with QQ ID, your QQ ID will not be shown to your Wechat contacts.

What’s the difference between Wechat ID and Wechat Name?
Wechat ID is your unique ID in Wechat. It should contain 6 or more characters and cannot be changed once set. Nickname is your name shown to other Wechat users. It can be changed whenever you like.

How can I find my friends?
You can search them via their Wechat IDs directly or find who are using Wechat in Recommend.

How to delete message history?
You can delete a single message or the entire conversation. For touch-screen mobile, just tap and hold the message or conversation. For keyboard mobile, please select Options -> Delete.

How do I know whether my message is read by the recipient?
Sorry, there is no way to know about that. This is privacy information of the other user and we cannot disclose this information.