How Do You Change Your Phone Number on Bumble?

You change it inside the app, but only once your account has a second way to log in. With that in place, open Settings, tap Security and privacy, tap Ways you can log in, then choose Phone Number and Change number. Bumble checks the new number with a code by text or with the last six digits of a number that calls you.

Bumble will not let you swap numbers until the account has a secondary login method, such as Facebook or Apple ID.

Setting one up is quick. Open the Profile tab and tap the gear icon to get to Settings. Scroll down to Security and privacy, tap Ways you can log in, and under Other ways to log in pick the one you want.

Do this first even if you are in no hurry. The second login is what gets you back into the account on the day your phone breaks or your number stops working, and that day rarely comes with a warning.

Once the second login is set up, the change itself is short.

1. Open Settings in the Bumble app.
2. Tap Security and privacy.
3. Tap Ways you can log in.
4. Choose Phone Number, then Change number.
5. Enter the new number and verify it.

That is the whole job. You are updating the login on the account you already have, not opening a new one.

Bumble verifies the new number one of two ways.

If it sends a text, type in the code. If it calls you instead, you do not need to pick up. The call is automated, and Bumble only wants the last six digits of the number that rang you. Look at the missed call, type those six digits in, and you are done.

If nothing arrives, Bumble's verification page suggests a short list. Check the number is typed correctly and includes the right country code. Wait a few minutes, because codes are sometimes slow. Tap the option that says you did not get the call or the text. Restart your phone, or switch between Wi-Fi and mobile data. If none of that works, contact Bumble's support team.

Bumble gives a clear reason to update your number the day it changes. Phone companies reassign old numbers, and if someone else ends up with yours while it is still linked to your account, they could get into your information.

The worse case is losing the old number with no second login set up. Bumble says you then will not be able to get into the account, and it cannot recover it for you. What it offers at that point is deleting the account to protect your data, once you have proved you are the owner.

So if you are changing carriers, moving abroad or switching to a work phone, sort this out while the old number still gets texts. Add the second login this week and change the number the day the new one is live.

If your number has already changed and you did add a second login earlier, you are fine. Log in with that other method, go to Ways you can log in, and tap Change number.

The number you give Bumble is for logging in and for proving you are a real person. Handing it to a match is a separate decision, and you do not need to make it early.

Bumble's page on in-app calls says you can voice or video call a match from inside the chat, with no need to swap numbers. That is useful. a dating coach's experience is that a plan made on a short call holds up far better than one made over a long run of texts, and a woman who has heard your voice is much more likely to turn up.

So talk inside the app first. Suggest the drink, have a quick call to pin down the night, and trade numbers once there is an actual evening to arrange. Bumble also tells members to take extra care if someone pushes to move a conversation off the app too quickly. A woman may read an early request for her number exactly that way.

A number change is the moment a scammer would love to catch you in, because you are expecting codes and calls.

Bumble's security page says never to share your login details or verification codes with anyone, and that Bumble will never ask you for them. Its page on phone calls says the only call you may get from Bumble is the automated verification call. It does not offer support by phone, and it lists account problems, bans, payments and refunds among the things it will never contact you about out of the blue.

If anyone asks for the code you were just sent, whether a caller claiming to be Bumble or a match in your chat, do not give it. Hang up or stop replying, and report it to Bumble through the Help Hub in the app.