Add together or remove your phone number in Messages or FaceTime

You can apply the phone number of your iPhone with Messages and FaceTime on your Mac, iPad or iPod impact.

  • Set up or remove your phone number

  • Plough your number on or off for Mac

  • Plow your number on or off for iPad or iPod touch

  • Get help

Set upward your telephone number

On your iPhone:

  1. Go to Settings > Messages and make sure iMessage is turned on. You lot may need to wait a moment for it to be activated.
  2. Tap Ship & Receive. If you meet "Use your Apple ID for iMessage", tap information technology and sign in with the same Apple tree ID that you use on your Mac, iPad and iPod touch.
    iPhone showing how to select iMessage settings
  3. In the "You lot can receive iMessages to and Reply From" section, brand certain your phone number and Apple ID are selected.
  4. Go to Settings > FaceTime and brand certain your phone number and Apple ID are selected in the "You tin can be reached by FaceTime on" department.

On your other devices, you can at present turn on the phone number you've just set up:

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

If you lot're using this feature while sharing your Apple ID with someone, you lot can't foreclose them from seeing your conversations. Instead of using the aforementioned Apple ID as someone else, set upwards Family unit Sharing.

Remove your telephone number

If you don't want calls or messages for your iPhone on your Mac, iPad or iPod touch, you tin remove your phone number. There are 2 ways to do this:

  • On your iPhone, go to Settings > Letters > Send & Receive. Select your Apple ID at the bottom of the screen and tap Sign Out. And so become to Settings > FaceTime, select your Apple ID and tap Sign Out.
  • If the phone number you want to remove belongs to an iPhone that you lot can't access, change your Apple ID password. This will remove all phone numbers from your Mac, iPad and iPod affect. Calls or messages for the removed numbers won't appear on those devices any more.

If you have any questions, contact Apple Support.

Turn your telephone number on or off for your Mac

Afterwards y'all've set up your phone number, you tin can turn information technology on or off for Letters and FaceTime on your Mac.

  1. Open Letters or FaceTime. If asked, sign in with the Apple ID that you use with Letters and FaceTime on your iPhone.
  2. For Messages, cull Messages > Preferences, then click iMessage. For FaceTime, choose FaceTime > Preferences, then click Settings.
  3. Turn your phone number on or off:
    • To plow on your telephone number, select it and your Apple ID in the list. If you can't run into your phone number, get help with your settings or contact Apple Back up. If you see a number that isn't yours, change your Apple ID countersign.
    • To turn off your telephone number, untick it in the listing.
  4. If you want recipients to see your phone number and not your Apple ID, select your phone number from the "Start new conversations from" or "Start new calls from" pop-upwardly menu.

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

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Plough your phone number on or off for your iPad or iPod impact

After you lot've set upward your telephone number, you can plow information technology on or off for Messages and FaceTime on your iPad or iPod touch.

  1. For Messages, go to Settings > Messages and make sure iMessage is turned on. If asked, sign in with the Apple ID that you use with Messages and FaceTime on your iPhone. Then tap Send & Receive.
  2. For FaceTime, get to Settings > FaceTime. If asked, sign in with the Apple ID that you utilize with Messages and FaceTime on your iPhone.
  3. Turn your phone number on or off:
    • To turn on your phone number, select it and your Apple ID in the "You can be reached" section. If you can't see your phone number, go help with your settings or contact Apple Support. If you see a number that isn't yours, modify your Apple ID password.
    • To turn off your phone number, untick it.

iPad showing how to turn your phone number on or off

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

  1. Make sure you're using the latest software for your Mac or iOS device.
  2. Make sure yous've correctly followed the iPhone steps to set up your telephone number. You should be using the same Apple ID on all of your devices.
  3. In the "You can exist reached" department of Letters and FaceTime settings, make sure there are ticks adjacent to your telephone number and Apple tree ID:
    iPhone showing how to choose where you can be reached

If your phone number is unticked and y'all tin't select it, or y'all're experiencing a different issue, follow these steps:

  1. On your Mac:
    • In Messages, choose Messages > Preferences, so click iMessage. Click Sign Out.
    • In FaceTime, choose FaceTime > Preferences, then click Sign Out.
  2. On your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch:
    • Go to Settings > Letters > Send & Receive. Tap your Apple tree ID, and then tap Sign Out.
    • Become to Settings > FaceTime. Tap your Apple ID, then tap Sign Out.
  3. On your iPhone:
    • Go back to Settings > Messages and make sure iMessage is turned on.
    • Tap Send & Receive, then cull "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 yet demand help, change your Apple ID password and repeat the setup steps. If that doesn't work, contact Apple Support.

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