With your own number as the [sender type](https://www.bulkgate.com/en/helpdesk/sms/sender-type/), recipients see your phone number in the SMS and can reply or call you on it directly. Before you use the number, you need to verify it in the portal — an unverified number cannot be used as a sender.

## How to verify a number

1. Open **Settings** with the gear icon ⚙️ in the top bar next to `Log out`.
2. Click **My numbers**.
3. If you have more than one [wallet](https://www.bulkgate.com/en/helpdesk/payments-and-wallets/creating-wallet/), select the one you are verifying the number for. With a single wallet this step is skipped.
4. Enter the phone number and click `Send verification code`. If you already have some verified numbers, click `Add` first.
5. You will receive an SMS with a **six-digit code**. Enter it in the **Verification code** field and click `Verify`.

The portal confirms **Number successfully verified** and the number appears in the list. The country prefix is pre-filled according to the country in your [profile](https://www.bulkgate.com/en/helpdesk/account/edit-profile/).

## The verification code

- The code is valid for **7 days**, so you do not have to enter it right away.
- You can have it resent after one minute at the earliest, at most five times in total.
- You have five attempts to enter the code. When you use them up, the verification ends and you need to start again.

You can verify only one number at a time. Cancel a verification in progress with `Cancel verification`. If the number is already verified for the selected wallet, the portal reports **Number was already verified**.

## Numbers and wallets

A verified number belongs **to a wallet**, not to the whole account. If you send from several wallets, verify the number for each of them separately.

## Deleting a number

In the list, click the bin icon next to the number and confirm the deletion. The number can then no longer be used as a sender; if you need it again, verify it again.

## Where you can use your own number

- when choosing the sender in an SMS campaign,
- in [sender ID profiles](https://www.bulkgate.com/en/helpdesk/sms/sender-id-profile/) for individual countries,
- over the API as a sender of type `gOwn` — see [SMS object](https://www.bulkgate.com/en/docs/advanced-api/advanced-sms/).

> [!NOTE]
> Own number is not available in every country. You can find which sender types can be used in a given country in the $[price list](en:gb:sms).