Badoo phone verification: code, call, or “number already in use”
In short
- Add your number in the profile editor; Badoo texts a code or calls and asks for the last six digits of the calling number.
- “Number already in use” means it’s linked to another Badoo account.
- Badoo says it never calls about bans, payments or security checks, and never asks for codes by phone.
Badoo verifies the phone number on your profile, by text or by a call.
How to verify
Open the profile editor and add your number under Mobile number. Badoo texts a code, or calls you and asks for the last six digits of the number that called.
“Number already in use”
The number is linked to another Badoo account. Badoo suggests logging in with it if that account is yours, or contacting Badoo Support if you can’t get in.
If the call doesn’t come
Badoo says a call can be marked as spam by the network, miss a weak signal, or fail on a number that can’t take calls. Ask for an SMS code instead.
Scam calls
Badoo never calls about bans, payments or “security checks”, and never asks for your codes or password by phone.
Using a one-time number
A number from ReserveSMS receives texts only, so choose the SMS code. It can’t receive codes after its 20-minute window, so change the number on your profile to one you keep once you’re in. Get a number for Badoo.
Common questions
How does Badoo’s call verification work?
Badoo calls you and asks for the last six digits of the number that called.
Badoo says my number is already in use. What now?
It’s linked to another Badoo account. Log in with it if that account is yours, or contact Badoo Support.
Will Badoo call me about a security check?
No. Badoo says it never calls about bans, payments or security checks.