My iMessage send messeges from my email and not my number

My iMessage only lets me send messages from my email and not number .... I just updated to iOS 7. Any suggestions

Try turning iMessage off and back on again. That usually fixes it. Note, however, that heavy server loads my delay the reactivation.

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My iphone is sending message from my email and not my number. how do i change this?

My IPhone is sending messages from my email and not my number. how do i change this?
Thankyou

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Why is my iphone sending messages from my email and not my number?

My phone will send messages from my email rather than my number. I have gone to the settings to switch it to send just from my number. When i do that, it does not send. What do i do to fix this problem!?

Hello therealdeal333,
Thank you for participating in the Apple Support Communities.
It sounds like you're only able to send iMessages using your Apple ID (email address) on your iPhone. If you're not able to send iMessages using your phone number, first try signing out of iMessage and FaceTime on your iPhone:
Go to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive, tap your Apple ID, then tap Sign Out.
Go to Settings > FaceTime, tap your Apple ID, then tap Sign Out.
If you send iMessages from other devices (such as a Mac or iPad), sign out of those as well.
Then sign back in on your iPhone:
On your iPhone first, sign back in to iMessage and Facetime.
Sign back in to iMessage and Facetime on your other devices (if necessary.)
You can find the steps I quoted above, as well as more troubleshooting help, at this link:
If you can't send or receive messages on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
Best Regards,
Jeremy

I am transferring to the iPhone 5s from my 4s and I lost my activation guide so all my messages are sending from my email and not my number. How do i fix this?

Please help. I can not call anyone and i can not text anyone that does not have an iPhone and I really want to use my new phone so please help me.

Using iMessage
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3529
Troubleshooting iMessage activation:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4268

Hi, I want to use my number for iMessage on my iPhone only and on my macbook pro use my apple id/email and not my number. Also how do i stop the iMessages on my mac appearing on my phone.

Hi, I want to use my number for iMessage on my iPhone only and on my macbook pro use my apple id/email and not my number, how do i do that? before i updated my phone thats what it was like but now that ive updated i dont know how to change it. Also how do i stop the iMessages on my mac appearing on my phone. can you please help. Thanks

I tried that but on my iphone i can only click on my email and my number is checked but its in grey doesnt allow me click on it and on my Mac, its the opposite, my email is checked but in grey so doesnt allow me to click on it. im realy confused

IMessage sending from email and not phone number.

When I send an iMessage it sends from my email address rather than my phone number how can i change this to being sent from just my number as when people reply they are going to my email and not my iPhone??

Go to your contacts and look up your own contact. To check if you have created an "I", which mean a "yourself" go to "Settings - Mail, Contacts, etc.". Under Contacts you will find "My Infos".
At this point you should see your own name. If not, press on "My Infos" and create yourself on your iPhone. (Phone number, etc.). If you see your name at "My Infos" press on it an check if you have typed in your correct phone number.
You can also go to Settings - Phone and look up if your number is saved under "My Number".
I hope this will help you.

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I am having the same problem. I have tried turning the phone on and off, signing out of my account and signing back in, nothing works. In the area where it says recive at, it lists my phone # and email but I cannot click on my phone #. Its just gray. Has anyone found a solution yet?

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I have an iphone 5 updated to the most recent software iOS 8.1.2. I just switched from the iphone 4 to the iphone 5 yesterday. Right now under my imessages is says waiting for activation and it also will not let me use my phone number for imessages, it just uses my email. Sometimes my number shows up but it is greyed out and I cant select it, other times it is not even there. I have tried turning Imessage & facetime on and off to see if that would help, but no difference. I have also signed in and out of my apple ID and I have done a system Restore, and still nothing. Can someone please tell me what to do?

Hi lundq1aj,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I understand that it can be frustrating when you are trying to activate iMessage but it never activates. Please use the attached article below for information on troubleshooting and resolving this issue.
If you have difficulty activating FaceTime or iMessage - Apple Support
When your phone number shows up under your Apple ID, it should be grayed out with a checkmark next to it.
Have a great day,
Joe

Why does my imessage keep sending from my email and not my phone number

I bought this iphone off of a friend and my imessages keep sending from his email address even though ive reset the phone and when i go into imessage it says send and recieve from and my number is selected ?

knelso wrote:
everytime i text someone my email pops up on their phone instead of my number
Because you have it set that way.
Settings > Message > Receive At > Caller ID
Change to your phone number.

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"Seetings -> Phone" : get sure that your Number is displayed
iMessage & FaceTime are using the Phone Number from "Settings -> Phone"
to get your Number displayed in "Settings -> Phone" try to reset all Settings to factory
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I've been texting someone through Imeessage, and for a while, when they received my messages, it would show my phone number. Now, my ID comes up as my email address. I tried going onto the message settings, and tried selecting my phone number on the "Send & Receive" option. I tried removing the email, but it won't allow me to remove the email. Any ideas what is going on and how to fix it.

Howdy Tylorplas20,
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities.
To start troubleshooting this issue where iMessages are being sent from an email address rather than your phone number which is selected, please sign out of iMessage and then sign back in.
Settings > Messages > Send & Receive. Tap your Apple ID, then tap Sign Out.
iOS and OS X: Link your phone number and Apple ID for use with FaceTime and iMessage - Apple Support
Cheers,
Alex H.

IMessage using iCloud email and not Phone number

I have a friend who's messaging me using iMessage but it's coming from her email address instead of her number. I can text her number in a separate message and it will show up as a text on her side, but when she responds back it sends it as an iMessage from her email.
Anyone have any ideas or fixes?
Thanks in advance

First see in https://appleid.apple.com if her apple ID is linked with her iPhone phone number, if not, modify and save changes, then in her iPhone go to settings -> messages -> and deactivate iMessage and activate it again (the phone number should appear in "Receive At" greyed out). Do the same in settings -> FaceTime. After that reboot your iPhone. Hope that works, it worked for me

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Hi all
When I send a text message to another iMessage recipient my text message address comes through as my email address and not my phone number. Why is this and how do I fix it?
Thanks

I tried that. My phone number shows up in black and won't let me select it. I tried to delete me email and it won't allow me to do that either. Suggestions?

IMessage only recognize Apple ID / Email but not phone number. Why?

I have a small problem with the iMessage. My phone only recognize and auto detect the apple ID but not the phone number who are available for iMessage. Does anyone experienced the same problem?
These print screen below is 2 examples from my contact who actually available for the iMessage with their phone number.

i think i have found a fix for this its worked for me so its worth a try. You will need the other persons phone to do this.
1) Delete the contact from your phone.
2) On your phone go to Settings > Messages then tap receive at, it it has your Apple ID e-mail address at the top tap that and sign out this will remove your e-mail address from iMessage leaving just your phone number.
3) Go back to Message settings turn off iMessage.
4) Turn off your phone and back on.
5) Go back to Settings > Messages and turn back on iMessage it will then reactivate iMessage
Now for your friends phone
1) Go to yourself on your friends contact list and remove your e-mail address if they have it saved.
2) Go to Settings > Messages then tap receive at, if it has their Apple ID e-mail address at the top tap that and sign out removing their e-mail address.
3) Go back to Message settings turn off iMessage.
4) Turn off their phone and turn it back on
5) Go back to Settings > Messages and turn back on iMessage
once reactivated on both phones follow these steps.
1) Send a message from your friends phone to yours
2) On your phone the message should come through and will have your friends mobile number at the top
3) Reply to your friends message.
4) Save your friends phone number as a contact again leaving the the country code (i.e UK country code +44)
5) Delete the message between you and your friend on your phone then compose a new message and and select your friends number and it should automatically send as a iMessage send the message then go back to your contacts remove the Country code from the number and from there on then the iMessage will detect that persons phone number as a iMessage compatible device.
This has worked for me and 3 other of my friends who where having the same problem with a number of their contacts, it seems the error is more to do with your friends phone, when activating iMessage for the first time it automatically defaults to the Apple ID and in some cases causing the phone number not to register correctly with the Apple servers this step by step removes the e-mail and reactivates nothing but the phone number with the iMessage servers.
Hope This Helps.

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