How To Use Short Codes To Display And Know Your Phone Number

Have you been in a situation where you want to give someone your new phone number and you don't know how to get it on your phone? Are you the type that have more than 5 SIM cards and can't remember the numbers offhand? Do you always forget your phone number? This little post is for you. Here I have gathered the ussd codes for checking phone number of MTN, Etisalat, Airtel and Glo networks which are the main four commonly used networks.

Henceforth, anytime you want to check or display your phone number on your phone screen, kindly dial the below short codes.

1) MTN
Dial *123# and follow onscreen process that follows.

2) GLO

Dial *135*8# on your Glo enabled phone and your number displays on your screen.

3) ETISALAT
Simply dial *248# and your number will be displayed.


4) AIRTEL
To check and know your mobile phone number on Airtel, dial *121#
Follow the onscreen instruction.

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These codes are handy and will definitely save you one day especially if you are using a new sim or more than one SIM card. So I will suggest you bookmark or save this page for reference next time or copy the codes out if you have the time to copy.

Do you have any question?