Change the phone number on your account & how it's used

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Gmail app .
2. At the top right, tap your profile picture or initial Manage your Google Account. If you don't use Gmail, go to myaccount.google.com.

Your phone number is connected to certain Google services that you've set up or used. To view or make changes to these services, follow these steps:

1. 1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Gmail app .
   2. At the top right, tap your profile picture or initial Manage your Google Account. If you don't use Gmail, go to myaccount.google.com.
2. At the top, tap Personal info.
3. In the "Contact info" section, tap Phone.
4. Under your phone number, next to "Usage," you'll see some services that use your phone number. To learn more or make changes, tap the service.

To see some services that use your phone number, check the Phone section of your Google Account. To learn more or make changes, click or tap the service.

Other Google services that use phone numbers might not be listed on that page. You can change your number in certain services' settings, like the ones below:

• 2-Step Verification
• Calendar: Learn how phone numbers are used
• Chrome: Learn how phone numbers are used
• Google Pay
• Google My Business

Change how your number is used

To see your options for a certain service, go to its settings. If you need help, visit google-support.mirrorblogs.com.

You can use your phone number to:

• Sign in to your account in certain places. Learn how to sign in with your phone number.
• Get back into your account if you have trouble signing in. For example, you can get a text with a code to reset your password. Learn more about recovery phone numbers.

You can change who sees your phone number:

1. 1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Gmail app .
   2. At the top right, tap your profile picture or initial Manage your Google Account. If you don't use Gmail, go to myaccount.google.com.
2. At the top, tap Personal info.
3. Under "Choose what others see," tap Go to About me.
4. Under "Personal contact info," change your sharing preference.

Learn how your phone number can help people find and connect with you on Google services.

If "Across Google" is listed on your "Phone" page, this number can be used across Google services.

Check if your number is used this way

1. Go to the Phone section of your Google Account.
2. Next to "Usage," look for "Across Google."

Stop using your number across Google

1. 1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Gmail app .
   2. At the top right, tap your profile picture or initial Manage your Google Account. If you don't use Gmail, go to myaccount.google.com.
2. At the top, tap Personal info.
3. Under "Contact info," tap Phone.
4. Next to your number, select Remove phone number Remove number.
5. At the top left, tap Back .
6. At the top, tap Security.
7. Under "How you sign into Google," tap Recovery phone. Follow the steps on the screen to re-add your number.
8. To keep using your number in other Google services, go to those services and re-add it.

When you set up a Google Account, you can let Google know your phone's number. If you do, we'll verify that the number is yours, and we'll try to re-verify it from time to time to make sure that it's still yours. Learn more about verifying your number.