// FAQ
Can the recipient see my number?
What actually shows up on your recipient's phone — and what stays hidden.
No. The message leaves from a shared gateway number: your personal number never appears. The form doesn't even ask you for it.
This is the core question of anonymity: no, your personal number is never passed on. The message leaves a shared sending gateway, and it's that gateway's identifier — not yours — that appears on the recipient's side.
The answer in detail
A regular SMS carries the sender's number in its header; that's what shows up and what gets saved to the contacts. Here, the technical sender is the gateway: your 06 or 07 never enters that header. The form doesn't even ask for your own number — only the recipient's.
In practice, the recipient sees a short code or a generic sender label, never a line that traces back to you. They can neither call you back nor save your contact from that message.
This anonymity applies to the recipient. It does not make you untraceable to the courts: if abuse is reported, the authorities can request the technical logs through legal channels. Anonymity protects your privacy; it does not authorise harassment.
Real-world examples
›Replying to a classified ad
You contact a seller without handing over your number: they can read you, but keep no phone record of you.
›Discreetly alerting someone close to you
The message arrives, the displayed identifier is neutral, and your personal line stays out of the recipient's contacts.
Key takeaway
Your number is never passed to the recipient; anonymity holds towards them, not towards the law.
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