Don’t give strangers your real number.
Protect your personal number when selling, dating, working or handling everyday contact with a separate privatephone number.
Your everyday number can connect strangers to messaging profiles, work contacts and other parts of your digital life. privatephone gives you a separate UK mobile number for SMS and calls, helping you keep temporary contact separate and stay in control for as long as you need it.
Use a privatephone number when you want to:
Sell something online
Keep work messages separate
Try online dating
Keep your real number private
A real UK mobile number for messages and calls that gives you privacy, separation and control for as long as you need it.
SMS and incoming calls included · Outgoing calls available with a separate minutes bundle · No voicemail
No hardware. No long-term lock-in. Practical privacy protection when you need it.
Your mobile number is permanent.
Once it’s shared, you can’t take it back - and the consequences show up in everyday life.
Marketplace selling
Buyers keep messaging and sharing your number beyond the sale.
Dating apps
Not every conversation ends cleanly - and your number shouldn’t be the cost.
Freelance work
Clients return months later. You deserve boundaries you can control.
Meet privatephone.
privatephone isn’t a second identity or another mobile contract. It gives you a separate communications number for messages and calls, so you decide who can message you and for how long.
No SIM required
Works without swapping SIMs or buying extra devices.
Dashboard managed
View messages, reply and manage your number in one place.
Built for temporary use
Protect your personal number for a few days or for as long as you need.
How it works
A little more setup the first time. Simpler after that. Get your account approved, choose your plan and make your purchase. We’ll then assign your private UK mobile number. For later numbers, you will not normally need to repeat the same checks, unless your details or provider requirements change.
When to use a privatephone number
Privacy protection for situations where you need to exchange messages or receive calls without giving away your permanent number.
Online sellers
Share a number for listings and buyers without giving away your personal one.
Freelancers & independent workers
Keep work messages separate from your personal number.
Dating
Message before deciding what to share.
Everyday privacy
Use a different number when you’d rather keep your personal one private.
Why not just use an eSIM?
eSIMs can add another mobile line with calls, data and messaging. privatephone is a dashboard-based messaging and calling privacy service: it protects your permanent number, keeps messages separate and lets you end access when you are done.
privatephone is built for flexibility - not long-term contracts.
Security & trust
Privacy with accountability
Every number is linked to an approved account, helping protect genuine customers and reduce misuse.
Secure mobile verification and regulatory checks
Stripe processes payments securely. Your mobile number and required identity and address details must be verified before activation.
No data resale
Your data is never sold or traded.
Choose how long you want to protect your personal number
Choose short-term privacy protection for a few days or ongoing protection on a flexible monthly plan.
- ✓ Real UK mobile number
- ✓ Choose a 7, 14 or 30-day rental
- ✓ 25, 50 or 100 outgoing SMS segments, depending on rental length
- ✓ Unlimited incoming SMS
- ✓ 10, 20 or 40 incoming call minutes, depending on rental length
- ✓ Keep texts separate in your private SMS inbox
- ✓ Receive SMS, reply and manage calls online
- ✓ SMS and incoming calls; outgoing calls available with a separate minutes bundle
- ✓ No rolling subscription
- ✓ Real UK mobile number
- ✓ 100 SMS each month
- ✓ SMS inbox, replies and incoming calls
- ✓ SMS and incoming calls; outgoing calls available with a separate minutes bundle
- ✓ Keep the same number each month
- ✓ Cancel anytime
SMS allowances apply to segments you send. Receiving SMS does not use your included sending allowance. Incoming call allowances apply to connected call minutes. Outgoing calls use separately purchased call minutes. Longer messages and messages containing emojis or certain characters may count as more than one SMS.
Ready to protect your personal number?
Create your account to get started.
Your first number needs account verification. Once approved, you will not normally need to repeat the same checks when choosing another number.