How To Delete Google Voice Account? Step By Step Guide

Google Voice has slowly become one of the most accepted forms of calling someone. The best thing of using Google Voice is that you get a free Google Voice phone number and can call others with such numbers as well. However, if you don’t want to use it, it’s best to learn how to delete Google Voice account.

If you wish to learn how to do so, then read this post till the end. Here, you will also learn how to reclaim your deleted Google Voice phone number. In addition, you will also learn how to port your own carrier number to Google Voice as well.

What Is Google Voice?

Google Voice is nothing but a telephone calling service that people with Google Accounts can use for free. Here, Google users can get a free mobile number from Google. After getting a new number, they can use it to forward calls and send voicemail messages as well. This service was first launched in 2009. Initially only available in the USA, its service range was soon expanded to cover other nationals globally as well.

You can use your Google Voice number on all your Google devices to make calls and send voicemails. Therefore, you can use your Google Voice account on your smartphone as well as on your PC as well.

However, Google Voice is completely free only in the US and Canada as of now. In other countries, Google will charge $0.01 per second for international calls.

How To Delete Google Voice Account?

If you wish to learn how to delete Google Voice account completely, you need to learn how to delete your Google Voice account number. You can do so by learning the following steps:

1. Open the Google Voice application on your PC or smartphone.
2. Sign in with your registered Google account.
3. After logging in, click on the Settings icon (gear symbol) at the top right corner of the screen.
4. Now, click on the Account options that pop up.
5. Under the section Google Voice Number, you’ll find all the numbers registered with your Google account. Click on the one you wish to delete.
6. Finally, click on Delete Number.

How To Reclaim Your Google Voice Account?

In the above section, you learned how to delete a Google Voice account.

Now, If you wish to reclaim your Google Voice account back, follow these steps as explained below:

1. Open the Google Voice application on your PC or smartphone.
2. Sign in with your registered Google account.
3. After logging in, click on the Settings icon (gear symbol) at the top right corner of the screen.
4. Now, click on the Account options that pop up.
5. Since you don’t have a registered Google Voice number now, you’ll see an option called “You don’t have a Google Voice number” instead. Here, you will be presented with an option called Get a Number – which you need to click on.
6. Now, you will be presented with all the numbers you have previously registered in Google Voice. Click on the number you want back.
7. Then, click on Reclaim.
8. Now, you need to verify the number through a call or a text. Do so according to the instructions presented on the screen.

How To Change Your Google Voice Number?

To learn how to change your Google Voice number, you need to follow the steps explained below:

1. Open the Google Voice application on your PC or smartphone.
2. Sign in with your registered Google account.
3. After logging in, click on the Settings icon (gear symbol) start with the top right corner of the screen.
4. Now, click on the Account options that pop up.
5. Under the section Google Voice Number, you’ll find all the numbers registered with your Google account. Click on the one you wish to delete.
6. Then, click on Delete Number.
7. After that, you will get an on-screen pop-up saying, “You don’t have a Google Voice number.” Here, you will find an option called Get a Number – which you need to click on.
8. Now, to get a new number, you need to enter the name of your city and provide your zip code along with it.
9. After you are presented with a list of available numbers, choose one and click on Select.
10. Now, you just need to follow the instructions on the screen to complete the process.

How To Port Your Number In Google Voice?

You can use your personal number from a cellphone carrier as your Google Voice number, you can do so easily. To do so, follow the steps explained below:

1. Open the Google Voice application on your PC or smartphone.
2. Sign in with your registered Google account.
3. After logging in, click on the Settings icon (gear symbol) at the top right corner of the screen.
4. Now, click on the Account options that pop up.
5. Here, click on Port a Number under the “Port a number to Google Voice” section.
6. Next, click on the Get Started pop-up. 
7. First, start by entering your phone number.
8. Then, verify the 6-digit code that Google will send to your phone number.
9. Next, enter your carrier information and your billing information. 
10. After you have entered all the details, you need to pay $20 from Google Pay to complete the porting process.

After you are done with the porting process, it will take approximately 48 hours to get the verification text. After you get the verification text, the registration process is complete.

FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions):-

Many Google Voice users asked how to delete Google Voice account, along with several other questions related to it. Their answers are:

So Did You Cancel Google Voice Too?

Now that you have read so far, you must have already learned how to delete Google Voice account. If you don’t wish to use your current Google Voice number, then you can also get a new number as well. Or, you can simply port your mobile number to Google Voice as well (for a $20 price tag, that is).

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