🔔 This guide applies to Classic SIMs only.
📲 Fix your number showing wrong in Google Messages
If Google Messages is showing the wrong number, try these steps one at a time. You don’t need to do all of them unless the issue isn’t fixed.
1. Turn chat features off and on again
Open the Messages app
Tap the three dots in the top right
Tap Settings → Chat features (or RCS)
Turn Chat features off
Restart your phone
Go back to Chat features and turn them back on
Send a test message
2. Clear Google Play Services and Play Store cache
Clear Google Play Services
Go to Settings → Apps → See all apps
Tap Google Play Services
Tap Storage
Tap Clear cache
Tap Manage space → Clear all data
Clear Google Play Store
Go to Settings → Apps → See all apps
Tap Google Play Store
Tap Storage
Tap Clear cache and Clear data
3. Reset your SIM card
Go to Settings
Tap Connections
Tap SIM card management
Turn your SIM off, wait a few seconds, then turn it back on
✅ What next?
Your number should now show correctly in Google Messages 🎉