HT204053 You can be reached by iMessage is showing wrong phone number

My iMessage phone number is wrong on my phone

Hi,
You have posted in Mavericks (the previous Mac OS X) forum whilst only listing iOS items.
On the iPhone in Settings > Messages > Send and Receive the phone number is greyed out.
It should be ticked.
However I have had two occasions when the tick disappeared.
The remedy is to removes the Apple ID option
Set the phone to Airplane Mode to break with the Servers. (for a few mins)
On going back to the settings wait until the iPhone Number is verified.
Test an iMessages by sending it to the Apple ID.
If this works add back the Apple ID.
Any Mac that you have using iMessages in that version of Messages will get a pop up about the details the iPhone is using.
Accept this again.
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