How to Update Your Email Address or Phone Number on X

You can update your email address or phone number on X from your account settings while logged in. The Help Center lists dedicated articles for both tasks under its "Managing your account" section — "How to update your email address" and "How to add your phone number to your account" — so the exact steps live there rather than in a single combined guide. Expect X to ask you to verify a new email or phone number before the change takes effect.

Where these settings live

Both changes are account-level settings, not profile edits. You need to be signed in to the account you want to change. If you can't sign in, updating contact details isn't the right path — see the Help Center articles on locked or suspended accounts instead.

The Help Center groups the relevant articles here:

Updating your email address

1. Sign in to X on the web or in the app.
2. Open your account settings and find the email section.
3. Enter the new email address.
4. Submit the change and complete any verification X requests.

Expected result: X sends a confirmation or verification step to the new address. The change typically isn't final until you complete it. If you don't see a message, check spam or the promotions tab before retrying.

Common snag: If the new address is already tied to another X account, the change won't go through. Use an address that isn't associated with a different account.

Adding or changing your phone number

1. Sign in to X.
2. Go to the phone number section of your account settings.
3. Enter the number, including the correct country code.
4. Confirm the code X sends to that number.

Expected result: Once verified, the number is associated with your account and can be used for security and account recovery.

Common snag: A number already linked to another account can't be added to a second one. If verification codes never arrive, confirm the country code and that your carrier isn't blocking short-code messages.

Verification is part of the process

Changing contact details is a security-sensitive action, so X verifies that you control the new email or phone number before applying the change. This is why the Help Center treats "update your email address" and "add your phone number" as separate, step-by-step articles — each has its own verification flow. Don't assume the change is complete until you've finished that step.

When to read the full Help Center article instead

Use this page to understand what the task involves and where it lives. For the exact current menu labels and screen-by-screen steps — which X updates over time — open the specific article:

• How to update your email address — for changing the email on your account.
• How to add your phone number to your account — for adding or replacing a number.

If your problem is that you can't sign in to make these changes, that's a different issue: start with "Help with locked or limited account" or "About suspended accounts" in the Help Center's Managing your account section.