How to remove my phone number from other users Apple payment systems?

Hello, please tell me how to disable accounts in which my phone number is indicated as the Apple payment system for other users



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Posted on Jul 29, 2025 11:10 AM

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Posted on Jul 29, 2025 11:46 AM

You cannot remotely remove your number as the payment option. As there is no place that lists were your number is being used.


You would need to check each of the accounts of anybody you may have shared your number with and see if it's on there and remove it directly from there.

click here ➜ Remove a payment method from your Apple Account - Apple Support


If you are the Family Organizer on a Family sharing group, then you will get charged for purchases initiated by any other member of the family group unless youn turn off Purchase Sharing.

click here ➜ How to share apps and purchases with your family - Apple Support


Outside of that, verify the SMS messages are actually real. It could just be a scam.

click here ➜ Recognize and avoid social engineering schemes including phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support


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Jul 29, 2025 11:46 AM in response to Vlad1221_

You cannot remotely remove your number as the payment option. As there is no place that lists were your number is being used.


You would need to check each of the accounts of anybody you may have shared your number with and see if it's on there and remove it directly from there.

click here ➜ Remove a payment method from your Apple Account - Apple Support


If you are the Family Organizer on a Family sharing group, then you will get charged for purchases initiated by any other member of the family group unless youn turn off Purchase Sharing.

click here ➜ How to share apps and purchases with your family - Apple Support


Outside of that, verify the SMS messages are actually real. It could just be a scam.

click here ➜ Recognize and avoid social engineering schemes including phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support


Jul 29, 2025 1:22 PM in response to Vlad1221_

Then either someone is sharing your payment method, and you need to figure out who, or the SMS messages you are getting are just scams.


Also, check that Mobile billing is supported by Apple wherever you are in the world.

click here ➜ Payment methods that you can use with your Apple Account - Apple Support


If its not, then it's almost certainly a scam.


Jul 29, 2025 11:37 AM in response to Phil0124

Subscriptions are paid by phone number (money is debited from the phone balance) maybe I linked my phone number to someone for payment, but I don't remember who and I want to unlink my number from all third-party accounts.

Messages come in SMS from operators that there are not enough funds for payment.

I called the operators, they can't help because they don't see who is trying to write off

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