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stagehand74

Q: changing face time phone number

How do I change my Face Time phone number?

iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.4

Posted on May 13, 2013 2:22 PM

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  • by judysings,Solvedanswer

    judysings judysings May 15, 2013 9:59 AM in response to stagehand74
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    May 15, 2013 9:59 AM in response to stagehand74

    Hi stagehand74,

     

    The information below explains how Facetime works with your iPhone telephone number, and how to change the Facetime settings:

     

    iOS 6 and OS X Mountain Lion: Link your phone number and Apple ID for use with FaceTime and iMessage

     

    With iOS 6, your iPhone telephone number is linked to your Apple ID when you sign in to FaceTime or iMessage. This allows you to use your iPhone number with FaceTime and iMessage on other iOS devices with iOS 6 and on Macs with OS X v10.8.2 or later.

    In FaceTime, choose FaceTime > Preferences. Your contact preferences should display under "You can be reached for calls at:".

     

    How to unlink a phone number

    To remove a phone number from an Apple ID, sign out of FaceTime and Messages on your iPhone. Sign out in the following locations:

    • Settings > Messages > Send & Receive. Tap your Apple ID, then tap Sign Out.
    • Settings > FaceTime. Tap your Apple ID, then tap Sign Out.

    This should remove your phone number from other devices using the same Apple ID with FaceTime and Messages.

    If the phone number is still available on other devices after you sign out of FaceTime and iMessage on the iPhone, you may need to sign out of iMessage and FaceTime on all your devices, then sign in to FaceTime and Messages again on devices you want to use.

     

    Hope this information helps ...

     

    - Judy

  • by luvthehelp,

    luvthehelp luvthehelp Oct 14, 2013 10:51 AM in response to judysings
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    Oct 14, 2013 10:51 AM in response to judysings

    Judy, Thank you so very much for your response to this issue. I had been working on this issue for 2 days and contacted apple 3 times and no help for this issue. Your posting finally saved my insanity. Again, Thank you very much for being here to help others