Yes, you can make an Amazon account without a phone number. Amazon's help describes accounts built on an email address, which Amazon may ask you to confirm with a code, and separate accounts built on a mobile number. A phone usually returns later: for Two-Step Verification, or when Amazon wants to check a sign-in.
What Amazon asks for at sign-up
| Email account | Mobile number account | |
|---|---|---|
| You sign in with | Your email address and password | Your mobile number, on every device |
| Where you can create it | Website or app | Only in the Amazon Shopping app |
| What Amazon checks | It may send a code to confirm the email | A code to the mobile number |
| Adding the other later | Add a phone in Login & security | Add an email in Login & security |
An email address that already belongs to an Amazon account cannot open a second one.
Amazon at a glance
- Virtual numbers
- Depends on the number range
- Code sent by
- SMS · phone call
- Code length
- 6 digits
- Asks for the number again later
- Yes
- One number per account
- No
Can you skip the phone number?
At sign-up, usually yes: choose the email route and confirm the address with the code Amazon sends there. The number field is where Amazon's screens and regions differ, so read each step before you tap continue.
- Two-Step Verification sends codes by text, by call or through an authenticator app. The app needs no phone number at all.
- Sign-in checks: on a new device Amazon can ask for a security code before it lets you in.
- Mobile-number accounts cannot drop the number later, because the number is the login.
Own number or one-time number?
An Amazon account holds your orders, addresses and payment cards, and Amazon checks the phone on it again later. That makes it an account for a number you keep.
| Your own number | A one-time number | |
|---|---|---|
| Sign-up code | Works | Works for that one code |
| Two-Step Verification | Works | Never: the number is gone after one code |
| Recovery later | Works | Not possible |
| Keeps your number private | No | Yes, for the sign-up |
If you want the sign-up done without your personal number, a one-time number can take that single code. Switch the account to an email or authenticator app straight afterwards.
Keeping account access when your number changes
- Add a second way in Put both an email and a phone on the account, or an authenticator app for Two-Step Verification.
- Change the number before you lose it Update it under Login & security → Mobile phone number while the old one still receives texts.
- Type the country code For an account created with a mobile number, Amazon asks you to include the country code when you sign in.
- Codes still not coming? Check that the number on the account is current, restart the phone, and make sure Amazon's sender is not blocked.
Common questions
Can I create an Amazon account with only an email address?
Yes. Sign up with your email; Amazon may send a code to confirm it before the account is created.
Can I make an Amazon account with just a phone number?
Yes, but only in the Amazon Shopping app. You then sign in with that number everywhere, including in a browser.
Does Amazon's two-step code need a phone?
No. Amazon also accepts an authenticator app, which works without giving Amazon a number.
Can I get the Amazon code on WhatsApp?
Amazon can send a one-time code through WhatsApp if your WhatsApp account is linked to the phone number on your Amazon account.