How to Change Your Phone Number on Verizon

Verizon lets you change your mobile number in My Verizon or by contacting support. Before you switch, move your verification codes to the new number.

Ways to change your Verizon number

• My Verizon app or website: look for the option to change your mobile number under your device or line settings.
• Verizon support or a store: they can change it for you and help pick a new number.

Verizon may charge a fee for a number change on some plans, and available area codes depend on your location. Check the price shown before you confirm.

Before you change it

Many accounts send sign-in codes to your number. Once it changes, codes go to the old number, which Verizon may later give to someone else.

1. List the accounts that use your number for codes: email, social media, shopping and work apps.
2. Switch them to an authenticator app where possible.
3. Add the new number, or keep a recovery email, on each important account.
4. Save backup codes for your email account.

After the change

• Restart your phone so it picks up the new number.
• Update WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal with their change-number features.
• Update your number on Google, Apple and Microsoft accounts.
• Tell family and contacts.

Keep your number safe

Set a Number Lock or transfer PIN in your Verizon account settings, so nobody can move your number to another carrier without it. See number transfer PINs.

Moving to a new phone instead?

If you are changing phones but keeping your number, you do not need a number change. See verification on a new phone.

What happens to the old number

Carriers hold released numbers for a while and then give them to new customers. Anyone who gets your old number could receive codes for accounts you forgot to update. That is why it is worth going through your accounts first, starting with email, then anything that holds money or personal photos, then the rest. Keep a short list as you go so nothing is missed.

FAQ

Can I change my Verizon number online?

Often yes, in My Verizon. Otherwise contact Verizon support.

Does Verizon charge to change a number?

A fee may apply on some plans. The app shows it before you confirm.

Will my apps still work after a number change?

Apps that send codes to your number need the new number. Update them first.

Related: number transfer PIN · codes on a new phone · change number on T-Mobile.