---
title: "Update phone number business profile"
method: PATCH
path: "/v2/whatsapp/phone_numbers/{phone_number}/profile"
tags: ["Whatsapp Phone Numbers"]
---

# Update phone number business profile

`PATCH /v2/whatsapp/phone_numbers/{phone_number}/profile`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.telnyx.com/v2`
- URL: `https://api.telnyx.com/v2/v2/whatsapp/phone_numbers/{phone_number}/profile`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Updates the supplied business-profile fields for the specified WhatsApp phone number.

## Path parameters

- `phone_number` string, required

## Request body

- WhatsappUpdateProfileRequest
  - `display_name` string
  - `about` string
  - `description` string
  - `category` string
  - `email` string
  - `website` string
  - `address` string
  - `profile_id` string, uuid: Messaging profile ID for inbound messages

## Response `200`

Successful response with Whatsapp profile

- object
  - `data` WhatsappProfileData
    - `id` string
    - `record_type` string
    - `phone_number_id` string: Whatsapp phone number ID
    - `display_name` string
    - `profile_photo_url` string
    - `category` string
    - `about` string
    - `description` string
    - `email` string
    - `website` string
    - `address` string
    - `profile_id` string
    - `created_at` string, date-time
    - `updated_at` string, date-time

## Other responses

- `4XX`: Unexpected error

## Changes

- **2026-05-08** `30cb1ddce91b`: 2 info
  - added the new optional request property `profile_id`
  - added the optional property `data/profile_id` to the response with the `200` status

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/team-telnyx/apis/telnyx-api/changes/v2/whatsapp/phone_numbers/:phone_number/profile/patch.md)

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