DoorDash asks for your phone number: what to know
In short
- DoorDash texts a 6-digit code to confirm your number when you sign up.
- For its later security checks, DoorDash can send the code by text or by email.
- Dashers may call or text the number on your account about an order.
DoorDash asks for a phone number when you sign up, and may ask you to confirm the account again later.
The sign-up code
DoorDash texts a 6-digit code to the number. Enter it to confirm the number is yours.
Codes by email
DoorDash’s help centre says its security checks can send the code by text or by email, and you can ask for it by email if texts don’t reach you. Keep the email on your account up to date.
Dashers use the number
Dashers may call or text the number on your account about a delivery, so it matters for every order, not just at sign-up.
Using a one-time number
A number from ReserveSMS receives codes for 20 minutes and nothing after that, so a Dasher couldn’t reach you on it. Use it for the sign-up code, then change the number to one you keep before you order. Ours start at $1. Get a number for DoorDash.
Common questions
Can DoorDash send the code to my email instead?
For its security checks, yes. DoorDash’s help centre says it may send the code by text or email, and you can ask for it by email.
How many digits is DoorDash’s code?
Six. DoorDash texts it to the number you sign up with.
Why does DoorDash need my number for orders?
Dashers may call or text the number on your account about a delivery.