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title: "Can someone who has your phone number find you on facebook messenger?"  
description: "Can someone who has your phone number find you on facebook messenger?"  
author: "Darshit Khatri"  
published: 2018-01-05  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32574/can-someone-who-has-your-phone-number-find-you-on-facebook-messenger  
category: "social networking"  
tags: ["facebook", "social media"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Can someone who has your phone number find you on facebook messenger?

Can someone who has your [phone](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/300535/manage-your-smartphone-addiction) number find you on facebook [messenger](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/304280/10-best-mobile-messaging-apps-of-2024)?

## Answers

### Answer by Vishal Kesarwani

**Yes, if someone has provided his contact number in is personal detail on Facebook anyone can easily find that particular person of a Facebook messenger.**And as I said that anyone could search them it doesn’t mean people who are not on Facebook can also search them they can be only searched by people who have an account on **[Facebook](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32568/was-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-s-original-idea).**\
![Can someone who has your phone number find you on facebook messenger?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/0f9b13d8-c4a5-4272-b501-8ac0dc158a58/images/67a8dbc1-2c07-45c0-9026-d739013a904e.png)\
**\****Well, if you don’t want anyone to see your contact number you can follow these easy steps to limit people who can see your contact details:**

- Step 1: Log into your Facebook account.

- Step 2: Go to Privacy Settings.

- Step 3: On the **Privacy Settings page, you’ll see a section for “How You Connect.”** Click “edit settings” next to it.

![Can someone who has your phone number find you on facebook messenger?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/0f9b13d8-c4a5-4272-b501-8ac0dc158a58/images/acee5099-587c-426f-9a9b-2bdc254f3dd6.png)\

- Step 4: A box titled **“How You Connect” will open.** In which will you get few options from which you can **select the most appropriate one**

- Step 5: Click the **“Done”** button to save your changes.

## "Hope it was informative"


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