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# handleIdentityChange

> Function handleIdentityChange in the Baileys API.

> **handleIdentityChange**(`node`, `ctx`): `Promise`\<[`IdentityChangeResult`](/api-reference/type-aliases/IdentityChangeResult)>

Defined in: [src/Utils/identity-change-handler.ts:33](https://github.com/WhiskeySockets/Baileys/blob/master/src/Utils/identity-change-handler.ts#L33)

## Parameters

### node

[`BinaryNode`](/api-reference/type-aliases/BinaryNode)

### ctx

[`IdentityChangeContext`](/api-reference/type-aliases/IdentityChangeContext)

## Returns

`Promise`\<[`IdentityChangeResult`](/api-reference/type-aliases/IdentityChangeResult)>