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A number whose only job is to forward

Get a call forwarding number for the phone you already carry.

A real US number whose only job is to forward. Calls to it ring your US or Canada mobile, texts land in your inbox, and you burn it when you are done.

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Getting a call forwarding number here takes about a minute. You pick an area code, confirm your mobile with one text, and from then on every call to the new number rings the phone in your pocket.

Most people who search for a call forwarding service already have a number and want it to ring somewhere else. That is carrier forwarding: your own line sends its calls to another phone, and anyone who dials you is still dialing you. A forwarding number works the other way round. You hand out a separate number, so your own never has to be handed out.

It is not a phone system. There is nothing to install and nothing to configure beyond a name and one text. The number rings your phone, its texts wait in your inbox, and when you are done with it you burn it.

A call forwarding number is a number that exists to pass calls on.

It lives on the carrier network instead of on a SIM, so it can ring whichever US or Canada mobile you confirmed.

It is a real US forwarding phone number, not a shared inbox.

It is a real US line on a licensed carrier’s network, so people dial it the way they dial any number. While it is live, only your account can see what arrives on it.

Calls ring the mobile you confirmed.

You confirm a US or Canada mobile once, by texting START and a 4-digit code from it to your new number. After that, calls to the number ring that phone like any other call, and your own number is never shown to the caller.

Texts land in your inbox instead of on your phone.

A forwarding number receives texts too. They appear in your inbox in the browser, on any device, under the number’s name, and each number has a switch that copies its texts to your email.

Each number decides what gets through.

Forward rings your phone, Texts only stops the calls and keeps the texts, and Block stops both. Burning a number is one tap and ends it for good.

How to set up a call forwarding number in four steps.

Pick it, confirm your mobile once, hand it out, and answer as usual.

  1. 1

    Pick an area code and give the number a name.

    Choose an area code your callers will recognize, and a name that says where the number goes. It is live in about a minute.

  2. 2

    Text START and the code from your mobile.

    Your dashboard shows a 4-digit code. From the mobile you want calls on, text START and that code to your new number. The phone has to be a US or Canada mobile, and one phone backs one account.

  3. 3

    Give the number to whoever needs to call.

    Put it on the listing, the form or the card. Callers dial the forwarding number, and your own never appears.

  4. 4

    Answer on your own phone.

    The call rings your mobile like any other, and texts arrive in your inbox in seconds.

People get a call forwarding number for jobs like these.

Anywhere the calls should reach you and your own number should stay out of it.

A small business can answer its line on a mobile.

Put the number on your website, invoices and cards, and take the calls on the phone you already carry.

Each ad can ring through its own number.

Give every ad or listing a forwarding number and your dashboard counts the calls to each. More in call tracking numbers.

A local area code works from anywhere.

Choose the area code your customers know, even if you live in another state, and still answer on your own mobile.

Work and home stay apart.

Clients get the forwarding number and family keeps your mobile. Set the number to Texts only when you are off the clock.

A trip, a sublet or a move can have a number that ends with it.

Use the number for as long as the job lasts, then burn it and the calls to it stop.

A second line needs no second phone.

Keep the number your family calls, and add a second phone number that forwards to the same phone.

This is what a mobile carrier’s help pages say about its call forwarding.

Read October 25, 2026, with a link to each page.

  • Carrier forwarding sends your own line’s calls to another phone.

    Verizon’s help page says Call Forwarding lets you forward your mobile calls to another phone number, and that while it is on, your mobile phone will not ring when you receive a call.

    Verizon Support: Call Forwarding FAQs

  • The *72 code is dialed on the line being forwarded.

    Verizon’s page on turning forwarding on says to dial *72 followed by the 10-digit forwarding phone number from your device, and that with Immediate Call Forwarding all calls are routed to that number instead of your phone.

    Verizon Support: Turn Call Forwarding On from Device

  • Carrier forwarding passes on calls only, not texts.

    Verizon says Call Forwarding will not forward the text messages you receive on your mobile phone, only calls.

    Verizon Support: Call Forwarding FAQs

Try it free for 7 days.

Basic includes 5 numbers and 100 forwarded minutes a month. Pro includes 100 numbers and 1,000.

Basic

7 days free

$9.99/mo

  • 5 numbers, one for each site, store or dealer
  • 100 forwarded minutes a month
  • Burn a number in one tap
  • Extra numbers $1 a month each
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7 days free

$29.99/mo

  • 100 numbers
  • 1,000 forwarded minutes a month
  • A number per vendor, client or listing
  • Extra numbers 50¢ a month each
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Common questions

More in the full FAQ.

A call forwarding number is a phone number that passes its calls on to another phone. With ExpressNumber it is a real US number whose calls ring your US or Canada mobile and whose texts land in a private inbox in your browser, with no app to install.

A call forwarding service sends calls meant for one number to another phone. Mobile carriers offer one that forwards your own line, so callers still dial your own number. ExpressNumber gives you a separate US number for the job, so the number you hand out is not the one you carry.

The *72 code, as Verizon describes it, forwards the calls of the line you dial it on: callers still dial your own number, your phone does not ring while it is on, and texts are not forwarded. A forwarding number is a second number. Callers dial it, the calls ring your mobile, and its texts land in your inbox, while your own number stays as it was.

A US or Canada mobile that you confirm by texting START and a 4-digit code from it to your new number. Landlines and internet numbers are not accepted, and one phone backs one account.

Texts to the number land in your inbox in the browser instead of arriving on your phone, and a switch on each number copies them to your email. The number takes calls and texts and never makes them, so there is nothing to reply with.

You can try one free for 7 days and pay $0 today, with up to 100 forwarded minutes in the free week. After the trial, Basic is $9.99 a month with 5 numbers and 100 forwarded minutes a month.

It is where your calls ring, so it has to be a real mobile that answers. You confirm it once: from that mobile, text START and the 4-digit code we show you to your new number. It is never shown to anyone who calls you, and one account per real mobile keeps the numbers clean for everyone.

Yes. A real US number from a licensed carrier, not a shared inbox on a website. Calls ring the phone you already carry, and texts land in your ExpressNumber inbox. Nobody else can see what arrives on it.

Yes. Every number has three modes: Forward rings your phone and lets texts in, Texts only stops calls and keeps the texts coming, and Block stops both. You change the mode from your dashboard.

No. Your numbers are receive-only: they take calls and texts, and they never make them. You answer calls on your own phone, and you cannot reply to a text from the inbox.

Forwarding stops immediately, so calls and texts to that number stop reaching you. The number then rests for 30 days before it can go back into circulation, so nobody inherits your spam. Burning is permanent: you cannot get that number back. Your message history stays in your inbox.

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