How To Change Your iMessage Phone Number
Switch Your iMessage Number (or Email) with ease
One of the greatest benefits of the Apple’s ecosystem is Messages, especially when it is used accross several users. With optional read receipts, it’s own Application Store, and also its support for threaded conversations in iOS 14, it has come a long way.
One of the most confusing aspects, though, is how can it be that your Messages are tied to you. Often when setting up a new iPhone it will default to your Apple ID email address, and while that may allow you to chat away, you will soon want to swap it for your phone number to make it easier to contact you.
You may also find out that if you have changed your mobile number, you will need to get this switched over via this process, too.
Here’s how to do just that.
1. Open Settings
A. As with any tweaks that you make to iOS, you will need to go over into your Settings menu, rather than messages itself. you will need to go to Settings - that is the the one with the grey cog icon - then scroll down to Messages.
B. From here, you can now switch off iMessage entirely, or you can change whether your photo and name are shared with new contacts. For now, though, head into Send & Receive.
2. Send and Receive Settings
A. Here you will find two lists, with all associated contact information for your Apple ID. Here, you can set your iMessage up to only work for all email addresses, phone numbers, or any mix of the two.
B. You can also change your phone number or email address by pressing on them in this menu. This can be very handy if you have an email address that only a certain contact can reach you on, for example.
C. It is worth noting, though, that people would not be able to email your associated ID to reach you on iMessage it is strictly for that platform, so they would need to send a proper email instead.
D. As for messages that you send, most people simply start conversations from a phone number to stop confusion alongside your other, non-Apple device messages.
Text Message Forwarding (optional)
If you have got an iPad, MacBook, or anything else that you want to be able to access not just your iMessages, but your normal text messages as well, you will need to switch on Text Message Forwarding.
In Settings, then Messages, head to Text Message Forwarding to enable or disable other devices. These devices would need to be approved before they will appear on this list, so grab your iPad or Mac first.
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