Guides, help and answers for your Tether Mobile number.

Tether Mobile gives you a phone number and forwards the SMS it receives to Email, Telegram, LINE or Discord. No SIM card required.

New US numbers are real mobile numbers. Numbers in Canada, the UK and the Netherlands are virtual long numbers (VLNs).

Personal plans receive and forward SMS only. They do not include voice calls, outgoing texts or replies, or mobile data.

Tether Mobile forwards each message as soon as your number receives it. Delivery time also depends on the sending service, the mobile networks involved and your destination app, so we can't guarantee a specific delivery time.

If a code hasn't arrived after a few minutes, ask the service to resend it and check our service compatibility page.

Tether Mobile receives SMS and forwards it to your connected destinations. Personal plans do not include outgoing texts or replies, voice calls or mobile data. Teams can send and reply with Tether Mobile for teams.

Plans start from $10 a month. You pay for the numbers you need. Prices are in USD per number, per month.

Every plan includes 50 SMS a month, shared across your numbers. Larger allowances cost extra:

• 10% off numbers when you have 3 or more
• Pay annually and you pay for 11 months
• No setup fees

Build your plan to see your total.

Yes. One monthly SMS allowance covers all of your numbers. Every plan includes 50 SMS a month, and you can raise your allowance anytime from your dashboard. It resets every month, on annual plans too.

New numbers are available in these countries:

• United States: real mobile numbers
• Canada: virtual long numbers (VLNs)
• United Kingdom: virtual long numbers (VLNs)
• Netherlands: virtual long numbers (VLNs)

Availability and activation times vary by country. Need a country that isn't listed? Request a country.

• United States: New US numbers are real mobile numbers.
• Canada, the UK and the Netherlands: virtual long numbers (VLNs), dedicated phone numbers that receive SMS without a SIM card for you to install.

Both types forward incoming texts to your connected destinations.

Verification-code compatibility varies by service, country and number type. Check our service compatibility page before relying on a number for an important account.

Often, yes. Many services send SMS verification codes that Tether Mobile forwards to your chosen destination. Some services don't send codes to certain number types, including virtual numbers.

Verification-code compatibility varies by service, country and number type. Check our service compatibility page before relying on a number for an important account.

Keep a backup method, such as an authenticator app or recovery codes, for important accounts.

Verification-code compatibility varies by service, country and number type. New US numbers are real mobile numbers, so services treat them like any other phone, including banks and apps that won’t text virtual numbers. Canada, UK and Netherlands numbers are virtual long numbers (VLNs): many services send them codes, but some don’t.

Here’s what we know so far (not every service is listed yet):

If your bank won’t send codes to a virtual number, its support team can sometimes lift the restriction. Otherwise, use an authenticator app for that account.

See the service compatibility page for the full list, and tell us if a service works differently for you.

Yes, for US numbers, and porting is free. Start a port request from your dashboard.

You'll need your account number and transfer PIN from your current carrier, plus a recent bill. We'll keep you updated by email until your number moves over.

Numbers in other countries can't be ported yet.

Yes. As long as your subscription stays active, your number remains assigned to your account so you can keep long-term access to important services.

Yes. Message text is deleted shortly after it reaches all your destinations. If a delivery fails, it's kept for retries and deleted within 7 days. In rare cases where we couldn't process a text, it's deleted within 30 days. We keep only who sent it, which number received it, and when. All data is encrypted in transit and at rest. We never sell your data or use it for advertising.

See our privacy policy for full details.

Yes. You can cancel anytime from your dashboard. Your number is removed when your subscription is cancelled, and you won't be charged for it after that. If you have several numbers and want to take one off your bill, contact us.