Productivity · Google Account website, Android, iPhone, and iPad
Change a Phone Number on a Google Account
Source-checked · About 4 minutes
Answer
Use the branch below for the number you mean. Select the current number, choose Edit, and complete Google's verification. The replacement can take up to seven days to work for sensitive actions, and changing it does not update every service-specific number.
Account phonePersonal info > Phone > current number > Edit > Update number
Recovery phoneSecurity & sign-in > How you sign in to Google > Recovery phone > Edit
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Open the correct Google Account
In a browser, open myaccount.google.com and confirm the email address or profile shown belongs to the account you intend to change. On iPhone or iPad, you can instead open Gmail, tap your profile picture, and tap Manage your Google Account. If Gmail is not installed, use the browser path.
2
Change the general account phone
If you mean the number listed in your account's contact information, choose Personal info. Under Contact info, choose Phone, then select the current number. Choose Edit, and then choose Update number.
3
Change the recovery phone instead
If you mean the number Google uses when you are locked out, return to the Google Account home screen and choose Security & sign-in. Under How you sign in to Google, choose Recovery phone, select the current number, and choose Edit. Use a personal number that receives text messages and that you use regularly; do not use a Google Voice number as the recovery number.
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Complete Google's verification
Enter the replacement number with the correct country selected, then complete the verification Google shows. Enter a code only on a Google page and never share it with another person. When Google returns you to the phone settings, confirm the masked replacement number is displayed before leaving the page.
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Check where the old number still remains
On Personal info > Phone, review Usage to see which Google features use that number. Check service-specific settings such as 2-Step Verification and Google Pay separately; changing the account phone does not update all of them. Google may keep offering the previous number for sensitive verification for up to seven days, so keep another working sign-in method during that period.
If Recovery phone cannot be changed, retry from a device and location you normally use to sign in. Google also advises trying again the following week; for a managed work or school account, ask the administrator.
If the replacement is saved but the old number still appears during a sensitive action, allow up to seven days for Google's security delay instead of repeatedly changing it again.
If one Google service still shows the old number, open that service's own phone setting. The general Google Account phone change does not update every product.
If Google requests a verification code, enter it only on a Google page and never share it with another person. Confirm the country and number before requesting another code.
ⓘ Sources and verification
Checked against official documentation on . Scope: Google Account website, Android, iPhone, and iPad.
Google's current help separates the general account phone from the recovery phone. The written paths were source-checked, but the page remains on visual hold until current privacy-safe captures confirm both decision screens.
