To transfer your Skype Number, contact your new carrier or learn more here. Additionally, we will no longer offer paid Skype features to new customers, including Skype Credit and subscriptions that allow you to make and receive international and domestic calls.

Select Add method. Select Phone. Enter phone number and select Text me a code. After you enter the code, select Next. You will see a prompt that says "SMS verified. Your phone was registered successfully."

The active verification code changes every 30 seconds so that if somebody were to learn what code you used to verify your sign in yesterday, or even a minute ago, they wouldn't be able to use that code to get into your account. This timer is the countdown to the verification code changing to the next code.

Learn how to manage your Microsoft account security info and troubleshoot verification code issues.

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How can I troubleshoot? Why didn't I receive the push notification when registering a credential in the Authenticator app? See also If you're having trouble getting your verification code for your personal Microsoft account, see Troubleshooting verification code issues. If your question wasn't answered here, we want to hear from you.

Delete your email address from your security info methods If you no longer want to use your email address as a security info method, you can remove it from the Security info page. Important: If you delete your email address by mistake, there's no way to undo it. You'll have to add the method again.

You can resolve problems with Microsoft Authenticator by checking the tips in this article and reviewing some of the known errors.

Sign in Expand the verification option and select Remove. Select Remove again to confirm. See also Troubleshooting verification code issues What does "Security info change is still pending" mean? Need more help? Can't sign in? If you can't sign into your Microsoft account, most issues can be identified by our sign-in helper tool.

Manage SMS If you later decide to no longer receive SMS from a specific person, reply with STOP to block further messages. Resume messages by replying START. Tip: Reply with HELP to view all of your options.