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You can swap a free number on some apps, and this is how often and at what price.

A burner number is one you can drop when it starts attracting spam. Here is what each app lets you do, read on its own pages.

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The short answer
  • Google Voice, TextNow and TextFree each give a free number you can swap. Google Voice has you delete it and pick a new one, TextNow allows a change once every 15 days, and TextFree allows one change on its free plan.
  • Burner's pricing page lists paid plans only: $7.99 a month, or $3.99 a month billed annually as $47.99. Deleting and switching numbers is included in both.
  • ExpressNumber is free for 7 days, then $9.99 a month. You burn a number in one tap.

These are the ways to drop a number and get a new one, with how often and what it costs.

Checked October 2026 on each company's own pages. ExpressNumber is first.

How free and low-cost burner number options let you swap a number, ExpressNumber first
OptionWhat is freeHow you drop the numberHow often, and at what price
ExpressNumber

7 daysA real US number that rings the phone you already carry. $0 today.

Burn it in one tap. Calls and texts stop at once, the number rests 30 days before anyone else can get it, and your messages stay in your inbox.

Then $9.99 a month for 5 numbers. You burn one from your dashboard in one tap.

BurnerPricing

Its pricing page lists paid plans only.

Deleting and switching numbers is included in every subscription.

Standard is $7.99 a month, or $3.99 a month billed annually as $47.99.

Google VoiceChange a numberID checkPlans

A US number at no charge, for personal use.

Delete the number in Settings, then pick a new one by city name or zip code.

The help page lists no fee. A new number cannot send or receive until the ID check is done: an instant decision, or a manual review of up to 3 business days.

TextNowChange a numberPlans

A free local number, with talk and text paid for by ads.

Release the number in the app, then pick a new one from 10 numbers in your area code.

TextNow says you can change your number once every 15 days.

TextFreeChange a number

A free number, paid for by ads.

Change it in Settings under Account Info. You pick the area code, not the exact digits.

The free plan changes a number once. TextFree Plus, $9.99 a month, changes it freely.

Each option suits a different kind of short-lived number, so pick by how long you need it.

Start from how often you expect to swap.

To drop a number the moment it starts attracting spam, pick one that burns in one tap.

ExpressNumber stops calls and texts at once and rests the number 30 days, and Burner lists deleting and switching in every subscription.

See the best burner apps

To swap numbers between jobs and keep calling out, use a free app once.

TextFree allows one change on its free plan, and TextNow allows one every 15 days.

To keep the number for months, read how each one keeps a free number alive.

A free number can be taken back when you stop using it, which the second number guide sets out app by app.

Free second phone number

To give out a number and answer on the phone you already carry, use a receive-only number.

ExpressNumber is free for 7 days, then $9.99 a month for 5 numbers, one for each site, store or dealer.

Disposable phone number

A swap costs more than money, so check what else it costs.

These are the other costs the apps list on their own pages.

A new Google Voice number waits on an ID check.

Google says a user who requests a new number cannot send or receive messages or calls until the ID check is done, and a manual review can take up to 3 business days.

The old number is gone when you swap it.

On ExpressNumber a burned number rests 30 days and then goes back to the carrier pool, so you cannot get it back. TextNow's own guide says that changing your number means surrendering the old one.

Some apps charge for the swap and some charge for the plan.

Burner includes swapping in a subscription, and TextFree Plus charges $9.99 a month for free changes.

This is a number you can burn in one tap.

  • Pick a US area code and the number is live in about a minute.
  • Give each site, store or dealer its own number, and name it.
  • Burn a number and calls and texts stop at once. It rests 30 days, and your messages stay in your inbox.
  • Texts only keeps the texts coming and stops the calls, and Block stops both.
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These are the questions people ask first.

Yes, with limits. Google Voice, TextNow and TextFree give a free number you can swap, and ExpressNumber is free for the first 7 days. Burner's pricing page lists paid plans only.

TextNow says you can change your number once every 15 days, and TextFree allows one change on its free plan. Google Voice has you delete the number and pick a new one, and its help page lists no limit or fee.

Forwarding stops at once, so calls and texts to that number stop reaching you. The number then rests 30 days before it can go back into circulation, so nobody inherits your spam. Burning is permanent, and your message history stays in your inbox.

No app. Calls ring the phone you already have, like any other call, and you read texts and manage your numbers in the browser, on any device.

Burner's pricing page lists a Standard plan at $7.99 a month, or $3.99 a month billed annually as $47.99, and a Premium plan above it. It mentions free trials when available.

No. ExpressNumber numbers take calls and texts and never make them: you answer calls on your own phone, and you cannot reply to a text from the inbox. To call and text from a burner number, use an app that calls out.

Give each site its own number and name it, like Car dealer or Insurance quote. When the spam starts, you see which name it came to, so you know who sold you.

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Read October 26, 2026. Prices move: if something here is out of date, tell us and we will fix it.

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