Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about receiving SMS online with free temporary phone numbers.
Pick any active number from our homepage, use it as your phone number when signing up to a service (WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook, etc.), then return to that number's page and refresh. The verification code arrives within seconds and is displayed publicly.
No. TemporarySMS is completely free and requires no registration. Just open the homepage, click any number, and you can start receiving SMS immediately.
We currently provide numbers from the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Australia, Sweden, Netherlands, Malaysia, Puerto Rico, France and more. The full live list is on the homepage.
No — every SMS received on any of our numbers is visible to all visitors of that number's page. Never use these numbers for sensitive accounts like banking, primary email, or anything tied to your identity.
Often yes for first-time signups. Because the numbers are public, popular services like WhatsApp may already have an account registered to a given number. If one number fails, try another from the list.
Messages remain on each number's page for as long as the underlying service publishes them. We update inboxes every 5–15 minutes.
No. TemporarySMS only allows receiving SMS, not sending. The service is one-way (inbound only).
A few common reasons: (1) the service blocks public/VoIP numbers, (2) the number you chose is currently rate-limited, (3) the SMS provider doesn't deliver to that country. Try a different number from a different country.
New numbers are scraped from upstream SMS providers continuously. The homepage list refreshes automatically as new numbers come online.
Using a temporary number to protect your privacy is legal in most jurisdictions. Using it to bypass identity-verification on services that require a real identity (banking, government, etc.) may violate those services' terms of use. Use responsibly.
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