How To Add Your Mobile Number via Web

Connect Your Mobile Number to your Twitter Account via Web!

You may already know that you can connect your mobile phone number to your Twitter account via SMS (text message), but we think web activation is the easiest way to make your Twitter account mobile. You can add your phone to receive SMS updates, Tweet from your phone, and for assistance accessing your account on the Web if you ever lose your password. To add your mobile number to your Twitter profile from the web, follow the steps below.

1. Log in and click on the person icon, select Settings from the drop-down menu. (Fig. 1, below)
2. Click on the Mobile tab in your Settings. (Fig. 2, below)
3. Choose your country from the first drop-down menu.
4. Enter your mobile number - without a country code or leading zero (we handle these automatically).
5. If prompted, choose your carrier from the drop-down menu (non-US users only**). If you don't see your carrier listed, read this article.
6. Click Start to begin verifying your phone.
7. You will be directed to send a verification code via text message to Twitter (using the appropriate country-specific short code) containing the word "GO" (shown below).
8. Text GO from your phone!
9. After we receive the verification code from you, we will add your device and you'll be ready to use Twitter on your phone.
   
   Please note: Additional steps which may apply to users outside of the US are shown below.

Figure 1; navigating to Settings from the person icon drop-down menu.

Figure 2; entering Mobile tab (steps 2-7)

**If you are in a country other than the US, you may need to follow these extra steps:

You will be asked to Choose your carrier after you have entered your number, as shown below. Select the carrier that you use and click on Start to verify your phone.

You may need to select the desired language you'd like to send and receive SMS Tweets in:

Congratulations! Now you can send text messages (SMS) to your Twitter short code, and they will post as Tweets on your Twitter profile.

How to enable password reset via SMS/text message:

Now that you've connected your mobile device to your Twitter account, for added account security you can also enable password resets via SMS/text message. To do this, just check the box at the bottom of the mobile settings page:

To get other Twitter users' updates delivered to your phone now, you'll need to turn on mobile updates for those accounts whose Tweets you wish to see via SMS on your phone. Until you do this, you will not receive any Tweets to your mobile phone. Check out our list of other phone commands for more tips and tricks!

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