Adding or deleting your phone number in messages or facetime

Once you have configured your phone number, you can activate or deactivate it for messages and FaceTime on your iPad or iPod Touch.

See your phone number already present in WhatsApp

All WhatsApp accounts are associated with telephone numbers. Insofar as mobile operators often recycle telephone numbers, it is possible that the former owner of your current phone number used WhatsApp.

• Your contacts and yourself can see your phone number in WhatsApp before activating a new account.
• You can also see the section Info and the profile photo of another person associated with your phone number.

There is no reason to worry. This only means that the previous account has not been deleted, the old information therefore still exists in the system. This does not mean not that the former owner of the phone number has access to your WhatsApp account. Your conversations and other WhatsApp data is secure.

1. The account remained inactive for 45 days.
2. The account was then reactivated on another mobile device.

We then delete the old account data related to the phone number, such as profile photo and section Info.

Adding or deleting your phone number in messages or facetime

You can use your iPhone phone number with messages and facetime on your Mac, iPad or iPod Touch.

• Configure or delete your phone number
• Activate or deactivate your phone number for Mac
• Activate or deactivate your phone number for your iPad or iPod Touch
• Acquire help

Configure your phone number

On your iPhone:

1. Access Settings> Messages, and make sure the iMessage option is activated. You may have to wait for a moment before it is activated.
2. Touch shipment and reception. If the message “Use your Apple ID for iMessage” is displayed, touch it and log with the Apple identifier you use on your Mac, iPad or iPod Touch.
3. In the section “You can receive iMessages to and answer”, make sure your phone number and Apple identifier are selected.
4. Go to settings> FaceTime, and make sure that your phone number and Apple identifier are selected in the section “You can be contacted via FaceTime”.

On your other devices, you can now activate the phone number you have just configured:

If you use this feature and share your Apple identifier with someone, you cannot prevent it from seeing your conversations. Instead of using the same Apple identifier as another person, configure family sharing.

To configure a phone number to use with messages or facetime, you need an active SIM card or an ESIM associated with this number.

Delete your phone number

If you do not want to receive calls or messages related to your iPhone on your iPad, iPod Touch or Mac, you can delete your phone number. There are two ways to proceed:

• On your iPhone, access settings> messages> sending and reception. Select your Apple identifier at the bottom of the screen and touch off you. Then go to settings> FaceTime, select your Apple identifier and touch offset.
• If the phone number you want to delete belongs to an iPhone to which you do not have access, modify the password associated with your Apple identifier. This action deletes all phone numbers from your iPad, iPod Touch and Mac. Calls or messages of deleted numbers will no longer appear on these devices.

Activate or deactivate your phone number for your Mac

Once you have configured your phone number, you can activate or deactivate it for messages and facetime on your Mac.

1. Open messages or facetime. If you are invited, log in using the Apple identifier you use for messages and facetime on your iPhone.
2. For messages, choose messages> Settings, then click Imessage. For FaceTime, choose FaceTime> Preferences, then click General.
3. Activate or deactivate your phone number:
   • To activate your phone number, select it in the list, as well as your Apple identifier. If your phone number does not appear, ask for help to define your settings or contact Apple assistance. If you see a number that is not yours, change the password associated with your Apple identifier.
   • To deactivate your phone number, deselect it in the list.
4. If you want the recipients to see your phone number and not your Apple identifier, select your phone number from the local menu “Start new conversations” or “make calls from”.

Activate or deactivate your phone number for your iPad or iPod Touch

Once you have configured your phone number, you can activate or deactivate it for messages and FaceTime on your iPad or iPod Touch.

1. For messages, go to settings> messages, and make sure the iMessage option is activated. If you are invited, log in using the Apple identifier you use for messages and facetime on your iPhone. Then touch shipment and reception.
2. For FaceTime, go to settings> FaceTime. If you are invited, log in using the Apple identifier you use for messages and facetime on your iPhone.
3. Activate or deactivate your phone number:
   • To activate your phone number, select it in the “You can be contacted” section, as well as your Apple identifier. If your phone number does not appear, ask for help to define your settings or contact Apple assistance. If you see a number that is not yours, change the password associated with your Apple identifier.
   • To deactivate your phone number, deselect it.

If you do not see your number in messages or facetime, or if you cannot select it

1. Make sure you use the most recent software for your Mac or for your iOS device.
2. Make sure you have done the configuration procedure for your phone number. You must use the same Apple identifier on all your devices.
3. In the “Your correspondents can contact you” section of messages and in the front-time settings, make sure that your phone number and your Apple identifier are checked:

If your phone number is not activated and you cannot activate it, or if you encounter another problem, proceed as follows:

1. On your Mac:
   • In messages, choose messages> Settings, then click Imessage. Click on disconnect.
   • In FaceTime, choose FaceTime> Settings, then click General. Click on disconnect.
2. On your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch:
   • Go to Settings> Messages> Sending and reception. Touch your Apple identifier, then disconnect.
   • Access Settings> FaceTime. Touch your Apple identifier, then disconnect.
3. On your iPhone:
   • Return to settings> messages, and make sure the iMessage option is activated.
   • Touch shipment and reception, then choose “Use your Apple identifier for iMessage” and connect with your Apple identifier.
4. Using the same Apple identifier, reconnect to messages and to facetime on your other devices.

If you still need help, change the password associated with your Apple identifier and repeat the configuration steps. If this does not work, contact Apple assistance.