How to Add a Mobile Number to a Google Account (No Hassle)

You need to know, one google account can be connected to all google products, starting from gmail, youtube, blogger, google drive, google play and so on.

Therefore, keeping your Google account safe is your obligation as the account owner. One of the preventive steps to keep your Google account safe is to add a cellphone number to your Google account.

There are several benefits that you can get if you add a cellphone number to your account, namely it’s easy to restore your account (if you forget your password) or to activate the 2-step verification feature that prevents other people from logging into your Google account, even if they know your email address. and your password (because they also have to enter a verification code sent to your mobile number).

How to Add Mobile Number to Google Account

For how to add a cellphone number to a Google account, it’s quite easy. You can follow the steps below:

1. Login to your google account via the following link.

2. Enter your email address, then select NEXT.

enter your e-mail address

3. Then enter your email password, then select NEXT again.

enter your e-mail password

4. Select Personal info & privacy.

select personal info google

5. Click “Add a phone number to help….” as indicated by the arrow.

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6. Select ADD RECOVERY PHONE to add a mobile number.

add recovery phone

7. Enter your email password again then select NEXT.

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enter your email password again

8. Select ADD RECOVERY PHONE Once again, a popup page will appear asking you to enter your mobile number. Make sure the mobile number you entered is correct and active, then select Verify.

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9. After that select Get code. The google team will send a verification code sms sent to the mobile number you entered earlier.

10. Enter the verification code, then select Verify. If within 10 minutes the verification code has not been sent, select Try again > Get code to ask google to resend the verification code.

enter verification code

11. If you get a popup page like this, it means that your mobile number has been successfully added. Next select Continue.

12. As you can see below, your mobile number has been added to your google account and as I said before, you can use it to reset your google password (when you forget your password) or to enable 2-step verification.

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Closing

Adding a mobile number to your Google account is necessary, especially if your Google account contains important data and files. I suggest you read an article I’ve written before, which is about how to secure your Google account. Hopefully this short article is useful and see you in the next article!