This guide will show you how to do just that.

If you aren’t already logged in, Google will prompt you to do sogo ahead and do that.

Here, you might remove, modify, or add your recovery phone number.

Opening the Google account from the main website

Then, click “Add Now” on the top-right side of the next page.

So, complete the verification process, and your phone number will be added successfully.

To do that, navigate to the “Contact Info” section and select your phone number.

Switching to a different Google account

After that, tap on your number again, and then tap on the pencil icon.

Then, key in in the new number and click “Next.”

Once you complete the verification process, your number will be updated.

Contact info section in your Google account

After that, press your number once again, and then press the recycle bin icon.

Google asks you to put in your account password to verify your identity.

So, do that, and you’ll be taken back to the previous page.

Clicking on the phone number field to enter a new phone number

Here, hit the recycle bin icon again and then click “Remove Number” in the confirmation popup.

Once you click that, your account will be successfully removed.

If you lose access to that email account, recovering your account becomes nearly impossible.

Clicking on Add now to add a new phone in Google account

For this reason, you should add at least one phone number as a backup recovery option.

Entering a new phone number in Google account

Clicking on get code to receive the verification code

Opening the phone number to modify it in Google account settings

Clicking on the update number to update a phone number in Google settings-1

Getting the code to verify the new number belongs to us in Google account settings

Deleting the phone number in the Google account

Confirming to remove the phone number from the popup