Add or remove your telephone number in Letters or FaceTime

You lot tin can use the phone number of your iPhone with Messages and FaceTime on your Mac, iPad, or iPod touch.

  • Gear up up or remove your phone number

  • Plow your number on or off for Mac

  • Turn your number on or off for iPad or iPod affect

  • Get help

Set upwards your phone number

On your iPhone:

  1. Become to Settings > Letters and make sure that iMessage is on. You might demand to expect a moment for it to activate.
  2. Tap Send & Receive. If you see "Use your Apple ID for iMessage," tap it and sign in with the same Apple ID that yous utilize on your Mac, iPad, and iPod touch.
    iPhone showing how to select iMessage settings
  3. In the "You tin can receive iMessages to and Reply From" department, make sure that your phone number and Apple ID are selected.
  4. Go to Settings > FaceTime and brand sure that your phone number and Apple ID are selected in the "Y'all can be reached by FaceTime at" department.

On your other devices, you can now turn on the phone number that y'all just fix:

  • Turn on your telephone number for your Mac
  • Turn on your phone number for your iPad or iPod touch on

If you use this feature and share your Apple ID with someone, you tin't forestall them from seeing your conversations. Instead of using the same Apple ID equally someone else, set Family Sharing.

Remove your phone number

If you don't want calls or messages for your iPhone on your iPad, iPod touch, or Mac, you can remove your phone number. There are two ways to practice this:

  • On your iPhone, become to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive. Select your Apple ID at the bottom of the screen and tap Sign Out. Then go to Settings > FaceTime, select your Apple ID and tap Sign Out.
  • If the phone number that you desire to remove belongs to an iPhone that you can't admission, alter your Apple tree ID password. This removes all telephone numbers from your iPad, iPod touch, and Mac. Calls or messages for the removed numbers won't appear on those devices anymore.

If you lot accept questions, contact Apple Support.

Turn your phone number on or off for your Mac

After you prepare up your telephone number, you can turn information technology on or off for Messages and FaceTime on your Mac.

  1. Open Letters or FaceTime. If asked, sign in with the Apple ID that you're using with Messages and FaceTime on your iPhone.
  2. For Messages, choose Messages > Preferences, then click iMessage. For FaceTime, cull FaceTime > Preferences, then click Settings.
  3. Turn your phone number on or off:
    • To turn on your phone number, select it and your Apple ID in the list. If you don't run into your telephone number, get help with your settings or contact Apple tree Support. If you lot encounter a number that isn't yours, change your Apple ID password.
    • To turn off your phone number, deselect information technology in the listing.
  4. If you want recipients to see your telephone number and non your Apple tree ID, select your telephone number from the "Start new conversations from" or "Start new calls from" pop-upward card.

Mac screen showing how to turn your phone number on or off for your Mac

Learn how to brand letters that you send and receive on your iPhone appear on your Mac, iPad, and iPod touch.

Turn your phone number on or off for your iPad or iPod touch

After you set up your phone number, you tin can turn it on or off for Messages and FaceTime on your iPad or iPod touch.

  1. For Messages, become to Settings > Messages and make certain that iMessage is on. If asked, sign in with the Apple tree ID yous're using with Messages and FaceTime on your iPhone. Then tap Send & Receive.
  2. For FaceTime, go to Settings > FaceTime. If asked, sign in with the Apple ID that you're using with Messages and FaceTime on your iPhone.
  3. Plow your telephone number on or off:
    • To turn on your phone number, select it and your Apple tree ID in the "You can exist reached" department. If you don't see your phone number, go help with your settings or contact Apple tree Support. If you meet a number that isn't yours, modify your Apple ID password.
    • To turn off your phone number, uncheck it.

iPad showing how to turn your phone number on or off

Learn how to make letters that y'all send and receive on your iPhone also appear on your Mac, iPad, and iPod touch.

If you can't see or select your number in Messages or FaceTime

  1. Make sure that you lot're using the latest software for your Mac or iOS device.
  2. Brand sure that you lot correctly followed the iPhone steps to ready up your phone number. You should be using the same Apple ID on all of your devices.
  3. In the "You lot can be reached" section of Letters and FaceTime settings, make sure that in that location are checkmarks abreast your telephone number and Apple ID:
    iPhone showing how to choose where you can be reached

If your phone number is unchecked and you can't select information technology, or you take some other effect, follow these steps:

  1. On your Mac:
    • In Messages, choose Messages > Preferences, then click iMessage. Click Sign Out.
    • In FaceTime, choose FaceTime > Preferences, and then click Sign Out.
  2. On your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch:
    • Go to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive. Tap your Apple ID, then tap Sign Out.
    • Get to Settings > FaceTime. Tap your Apple ID, then tap Sign Out.
  3. On your iPhone:
    • Go back to Settings > Messages and make sure that iMessage is turned on.
    • Tap Send & Receive, then choose "Use your Apple ID for iMessage" and sign in with your Apple ID.
  4. Using the same Apple ID, sign back in to Messages and FaceTime on your other devices.

If you still need aid, change your Apple ID countersign and repeat the setup steps. If that doesn't work, contact Apple tree Support.

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