Hello!
I recently updated my AppleID and had earlier activated the 2FA authentication. I was quite surprised to notice that the phone number was no longer there! Why and how did this happen? Is it because of Apple’ s security update policy reasons or what?
And is there any reason to be worried?
Thank you for replying!
iPad Air 5 Wi-Fi, Cellular
Interesting. With two factor authentication on there has to be a trusted phone number. If there isn’t a trusted phone number it almost sounds like two factor authentication wasn’t enabled and that’s why you weren’t seeing a phone number.
It’s good to hear your trusted phone number is added back, however this is a customer to customer forum it Apple doesn’t routinely monitor it so you’re not likely to get a answer directly from Apple here .
I would check for any unknown devices on your account or iCloud Find My. Check your Apple ID device list to see where you're signed in - Apple Support and See information about devices signed in with your Apple ID on iCloud.com - Apple Support
You see no or a different trusted phone number at Settings > your name > Password & Security?
But now the number ofc is there since i updated the info. But the question remains - what/who removed it in the first place and most important - how/why did it happen? Actually would need an answer from Apple as well. Much appreciated if somebody could answer! Thanks in advance!
Hi! No phone number neither on the device or on my idapple account. And it wasn’t me who removed it.
Hi @shoeluvr13,
Thanks a lot for your reply. Everything seems to be ok now, haven’ t done the check yet, will do.
Kinda mysterious tho’…
AppleID 2FA authentication
