Add or remove a mobile phone number from your Facebook account

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You can add or remove a mobile phone number from your account in your settings. We recommend that you always add an email address to your account to help you gain access to your account in case you ever lose access to your mobile phone.
Add a mobile phone number
  1. Click on your profile picture in the top right, then click Settings and privacy.
  2. Click Settings.
  3. Click Accounts Centre, then click Personal details.
  4. Click Contact info, then click Add new contact.
  5. Click Add mobile number.
  6. Enter the mobile number that you'd like to add, then choose the accounts that you'd like to add this number to.
  7. When you add a number, you may be asked to enter a confirmation code. If you don't get a text message with a confirmation code, check to make sure that you've turned on mobile texts.
  8. Enter your confirmation code and click Confirm.
Remove a mobile phone number
  1. Click on your profile picture in the top right, then click Settings and privacy.
  2. Click Settings.
  3. Click Accounts Centre, then click Personal details.
  4. Click Contact info, then click on the mobile phone number that you'd like to remove.
  5. Click Delete number.
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