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Mobile number will not be shared with anyone while making UPI payment, these are the easy steps
Sandy Verma | March 6, 2026 2:25 PM CST

Technology Technology: : If you make UPI payments 10 or 20 or more times a day, then you share your mobile number with an unknown person the same number of times. In such a situation, there is a possibility that your number may be misused. Now if you want that your mobile number should not be shared with any unknown person and the security should remain completely intact, then it is absolutely possible. Yes, you can prevent your mobile number from being shared with unknown people by following some simple steps. Let us know in detail about the process of removing your mobile number from UPI account.

How to remove your mobile number from UPI account:

To protect your mobile number from being shared with unknown people, first of all you have to go to UPI app like Google Pay app on your smartphone.

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After opening the Google Pay app on your smartphone, you will see the profile icon on the bottom right, on which you have to tap.

After clicking on the profile icon, you will see the option of bank account in the middle, on which you have to click.

After that a new option will open and now you have to click on whatever is your primary bank account.

Now you have to click on the Manage UPI Numbers option visible second on Google Pay.

Now you can enter any random number here by removing your existing mobile number. Whatever number you enter will become your UPI ID and you will be able to do transactions through it. Let us tell you that in the same way, you can remove your mobile number from PhonePe and enter any other number. This is a way by which you can protect your mobile number from being shared with unknown people.


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