Use your mobile phone number as your Apple ID

When you lot create a new Apple ID in some countries or regions, you can use your mobile phone number as your Apple ID user name.

Here's how it works

Whatever time y'all gear up an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, yous have the option to sign in with your existing Apple ID or create a new account. If yous create a new Apple ID on an iPhone in iOS 11 or later on, you lot can use your mobile phone number equally your user proper noun in Cathay mainland and Republic of india. If y'all live in Cathay mainland, use your (+86) mobile phone number. If you live in Bharat, use your (+91) number. Depending on your carrier, y'all might besides be able to create a new account with a phone number on some Android devices, smart TVs, and streaming devices. Just choose Create Your Apple ID from the Apple ID sign in screen and follow the instructions to create your new account.

One time your account is created, you can use it to sign in to any Apple tree device or service. Whenever you lot sign in to a new device, app, or service, you lot'll enter your mobile phone number—including the country code—and your password. Be sure to use the same Apple ID everywhere you sign in and so that your Apple devices and services work together seamlessly.

If you lot already have an Apple ID that's an email address, you lot might not exist able to modify it to a mobile phone number. Nonetheless, you lot can associate your account with different phone numbers or email addresses on your Apple ID account folio.

What you need

Here'southward what you need to use your mobile phone number as your Apple ID to sign in:

  • iPhone, iPad, or iPod bear upon with iOS 11 or afterward
  • Mac with macOS High Sierra or after
  • Apple Watch with watchOS 4 or afterward
  • Apple Boob tube with tvOS 11 or later
  • Apple.com, iCloud.com, and other Apple tree spider web backdrop*
  • Apple services on third-political party devices

*Depending on how you created your Apple ID, you might exist prompted to modify your user proper name from a phone number to an electronic mail accost. You might too need to provide additional information.

Account security

Depending on where y'all created your account and how much personal information is associated with information technology, account security requirements might vary. When using an Apple tree device, information technology'southward best to utilise two-factor hallmark. In some cases, y'all might exist prompted to review or upgrade your security when signing in on an Apple device or an Apple website.

Messages from Apple

Since there isn't an email address associated with a phone number-based Apple tree ID, communications from Apple come to you through Messages on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, and appleid.apple tree.com.

To make certain that y'all receive important account-related messages on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, sign in to iCloud, Messages, and FaceTime with your phone number Apple ID. If yous sign in to iCloud on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch without a SIM card, you lot can't use FaceTime and Messages. You can always see your messages from Apple on appleid.apple.com.

Modify your Apple ID to a different mobile phone number

Depending on the country or region that you live in and how yous created your Apple tree ID, you might be able to change your Apple ID to a different mobile phone number from your Apple ID account page or on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch on.

In China mainland, your new Apple tree ID must be another (+86) mobile phone number. In Republic of india, your new Apple ID must exist some other (+91) mobile telephone number.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod bear on

  1. Sign out of every Apple service and device that uses your Apple ID, except the one you're using to change your Apple ID.
  2. Go to Settings > [your name] > Proper noun, Phone Numbers, E-mail.
  3. Side by side to Reachable At, tap Edit.
  4. Tap Delete  next to your phone number and follow the instructions.
  5. After you enter the mobile telephone number that you want to use every bit your Apple ID, a verification lawmaking is sent to you at that number. Enter the verification code from the text into the fields provided.
  6. Sign back in to all Apple services with your new Apple ID.

If your new mobile phone number is already connected to your Apple ID as a Messages phone number, shared phone number, or trusted phone number, then you don't need to verify it.

Didn't get a code? In some cases, your trusted phone number can be automatically verified in the background on your iPhone. It'south i less thing to practice, and your account is still protected with two-factor authentication.

If yous move to a different country or region

You tin alter your user proper name to a new mobile telephone number. Brand certain that the mobile phone number tin can be verified by SMS. Kickoff, change your Apple ID land or region. Then follow the steps to alter your Apple ID to a new mobile phone number.

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