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Learn how to change your iPhone voicemail password
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This wikiHow teaches you how to change the password your iPhone uses to check your voicemail messages.

Things You Should Know

  • Your new password must contain 4-7 digits.
  • You can use your voicemail password to check your voicemail on another phone.
  • On your own device, your password isn't needed as your device automatically sends the password to your phone provider.
  1. It’s a gray app that contains gears and is on your home screen.
  2. It’s in the fifth section of the menu.
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  3. It’s the third section of the menu.
  4. Use the numeric keypad that appears on your screen.
    • The password must contain 4-7 digits.
  5. It's in the upper right corner of the screen.
  6. Be careful to enter it exactly as you did the first time.
  7. It's in the upper right corner of the screen. Now, if you are ever prompted to enter your password when checking voicemail (if you're checking from another phone, for example) you must use the password you just set.
    • When checking voicemail from your iPhone, your device automatically sends the password to your carrier, so you typically don't have to enter it.
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    Where are the voicemail settings on my iPhone?
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    Go to your Settings and then into Phone to change your voicemail password. If you want to change your voicemail greeting, go to your voicemail and select Greeting in the top left corner.
  • Question
    How do I hear my voicemail on my iPhone?
    Christopher
    Christopher
    Top Answerer
    There is a tab called Voicemail on the Phone app on your iPhone that will either offer you a place to speed-dial your voicemail number (for some older iPhone and those on a plan-based 5S), or offer you a place where each voicemail is saved to your phone until you retrieve each item.
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Updated: June 26, 2023
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Categories: IPhone
Article SummaryX

1. Open Settings.
2. Tap Phone.
3. Tap Change Voicemail Password.
4. Enter a new password.
5. Tap Done.
6. Re-enter the new password.
7. Tap Done.

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