How to Verify Uber Without Using Your Personal Phone Number

Uber requires a phone number at signup and uses it as the primary way to confirm a trip request. That's a hassle if you're testing a ride-hailing integration, setting up a regional test account, or would rather not tie a rideshare account to your personal number.

Steps

1. Rent a number for Uber — an instant rental is enough for the signup verification.

2. On Uber's phone-verification step, enter the rented number with its country code.

3. Uber sends a verification code by SMS within seconds on a working number.

4. Enter the code from your rental's status page to finish verifying.

Instant or monthly?

An instant rental is enough for the initial verification. A monthly rental only makes sense if you plan to keep using that same number to log into the account over time, since Uber may re-send a code on a new device.