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Your questions about OpenAI account creation answered
Written byKyle Smith
Last Updated: May 2, 2024Fact Checked
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- Phone Verification |
- Landline / VoIP / Google Voice |
- Voice or Email Verification |
- Multiple Accounts |
- "Too many attempts" Error |
- "Unsupported country" Error |
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Wondering why OpenAI requires you to provide a mobile phone number during account creation? OpenAI uses your phone number to verify your account with a text message code. There isn't a way to skip this process during account creation. This wikiHow guide discusses why OpenAI needs a phone number when creating your account, answers general questions about the process, and provides troubleshooting information for account creation errors.
Things You Should Know
- A mobile phone number is required to verify your account and keep OpenAI secure.
- You can't use a landline, VoIP, or Google Voice for phone verification.
- You can use WhatsApp in certain countries.
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Why is a phone number required?
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Can you use a landline / VoIP / Google Voice?
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No, OpenAI doesn't support landlines, VoIP, or Google Voice. You can't use these services to complete the phone number verification step while creating your OpenAI account. Only mobile phone numbers and WhatsApp (in some countries) can be used.
Section 3 of 7:
Can you use a voice or email verification instead?
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Section 4 of 7:
Can you use WhatsApp?
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Yes, in a few supported countries. You can view the updated list of supported countries at this website, under the section "Which countries do you support for WhatsApp phone verification?":
- https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6613520-phone-verification
- If you don't have a WhatsApp account yet, check out our guide to using WhatsApp.
Section 5 of 7:
Can you make multiple accounts with one number?
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What does the "too many attempts" error mean?
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This means that you've attempted the phone verification too many times. To resolve this, wait a few hours before trying again. If there's still an issue, try these fixes:
- Check your list of blocked numbers to make sure you get the text message.
- Make sure you have cellular coverage in your area.
- Turn your phone off and back on again.
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What does the "unsupported country" error mean?
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After you create your account, check out our guides on ChatGPT's word limit and fixing the ChatGPT network error.
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This article was co-authored by wikiHow staff writer, Kyle Smith. Kyle Smith is a wikiHow Technology Writer, learning and sharing information about the latest technology. He has presented his research at multiple engineering conferences and is the writer and editor of hundreds of online electronics repair guides. Kyle received a BS in Industrial Engineering from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. This article has been viewed 24,471 times.
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