Create a Gmail account without a phone number

Can you create a Gmail account without a phone number? Sometimes. Google's official Create a Google Account help lists adding and verifying a phone number as an optional step, and it says you can also create a Google Account with an email address you already have instead of a new Gmail address. But Google's Verify your account help also says that before you create an account or sign in, sometimes phone verification is required to confirm you're a real person. So you cannot always skip it: if the sign-up screen asks for a number and shows no skip option, you need a number that can receive Google's text message.

This guide is for creating your own account without handing over your personal number. It does not cover bulk sign-ups, getting around a ban, or getting into someone else's account.

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What Google official help says

Checked 12 November 2026, Asia/Kuala_Lumpur:

• Create a Google Account: Google suggests Gmail addresses, or you can create your own Gmail address, or choose to use your existing third-party email or a phone number. After you set a password, the step "Add and verify a phone number for your account" is marked optional. The same article says updated recovery info makes it much more likely you'll get your account back if you forget your password.
• Verify your account: "To help protect you and stop spammers, before you create an account or sign in, sometimes phone verification is required to confirm you're a real person." The article lists the errors "This phone number cannot be used for verification" and "This phone number has been used too many times for verification"; in both cases you need a different number.

The official Google articles opened the same day do not publish a ban on VoIP or virtual numbers. Google still decides whether a number is accepted, and a code is not guaranteed.

Option 1: sign up with an email address you already have

Google's Create a Google Account help describes this path:

1. Go to the Google Account sign-in page and click Create account, then For my personal use.
2. Enter your basic info.
3. Click Use your existing email and enter your current email address.
4. Verify your email address with the code Google sends to that email.
5. Create a password and finish the on-screen steps.

This gives you a Google Account that signs in with your existing email; it does not create a new Gmail inbox. If you want a new @gmail.com address, pick a suggested Gmail address or create your own on the same screen. Google may still ask for phone verification on either path.

If you don't want to use your personal number: use a one-time number to receive the code

If Google asks for a phone number and you would rather not give your own, you can receive the code on a one-time number:

1. Open the Google service page and choose a country, for example a US number for Gmail and Google verification or a UK number for Gmail and Google verification.
2. Copy the number from your order in international format and enter it on Google's screen.
3. Choose the text message option. SMSPing numbers receive SMS only, so a voice-call code will not reach your order.
4. Enter the code shown on your order.

The price is deducted from your SMSPing balance when you place the order. If no SMS arrives, cancel the order while it is waiting, or let it time out. If an order is canceled or times out with no SMS, the charge is returned to your SMSPing balance, once per order; the balance is not withdrawable.

Prices change. The price shown before you confirm is the one that applies. On 12 November 2026, 18:21 MYT (UTC+8), Google numbers were listed in stock for the United States and the United Kingdom. Paying: Top up your account with USDT (TRC20/ERC20/BEP20, recommended); TRX, ETH and BNB are also accepted. Minimum top-up $10.

Risks to know before you use a one-time number

• It cannot be used later for account recovery. You will not have access to the number after the order ends. Right after sign-up, add a recovery email and a phone number you will keep, or turn on 2-Step Verification with a passkey, Google prompts, an authenticator app or backup codes. Do not add the one-time number as a 2-Step Verification phone; Google's help says it may disable a new 2SV phone number it finds suspicious.
• Google may reject the number. You may see "This phone number cannot be used for verification." Try another number or country, or use your own.
• If no code arrives, cancel the order or let it time out; the charge is returned to your SMSPing balance.

YouTube account without a phone number

YouTube's Create an account on YouTube help says that to sign in to YouTube you need a Google Account, so the steps above are also how you create a YouTube account. Creating the channel is a separate step.

YouTube's Verify your YouTube account help says that to verify your channel you'll be asked to enter a phone number, and the code is sent by text or voice call. Verification unlocks features such as custom thumbnails and live streaming, and YouTube says you may also be asked to verify your account when you sign up. YouTube also says a phone number can be linked to no more than 2 channels per year. If you verify with a one-time number, choose the text option. For a channel you plan to keep, add your own recovery details to the Google Account afterwards.

If a Google or YouTube code does not arrive, see Google or Gmail verification code not received.

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