TS3988 how do I change the phone number listed in the messages setup screen

The number listed is a phone that is no longer used

Gaston.x did not reply, but I would like to change from (xxx) xxx-xxxx to xxx-xxx-xxxx.  It has been many years and many versions that I have had it the same but I could have sworn it was an Address Book or Contacts preference and now I cannot find it in Contacts or in iCloud (other than the "automatically format?" setting). That of course is easy to disable and then type things myself, but in any case I wanted the all hyphen format.
I have a feeling it is now gone -- as are some other features in other products -- and now if you choose U.S. you get parentheses and no other choice, and it's all driven by iCloud.

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