LINE’s year-end review! Such accounts will be deleted directly within 2 and a half months.

The LINE account is only connected to Facebook and does not bind a phone number. The account will be deleted at the end of the year. (Picture/Drawing by this newspaper)

Attention LINE users, the countdown to account deletion has begun. LINE has issued an announcement as early as September. If the account is only connected to Facebook but not bound to a phone number, the settings must be completed before 11:59 pm on December 31, 2026, Taiwan time, otherwise the account will be deleted. There are only about 2 and a half months left before the deadline. Users who have not yet completed the binding should check it quickly.

This type of LINE account must be dealt with before the end of the year

Once the time limit is exceeded and the settings are not completed, after the LINE account is deleted by the system, not only will it be no longer possible to log in through Facebook, but the stickers, tokens, purchases, and important chat records in the original account will also be unable to be restored or continued to be used.

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LINE stated that it requires each account to set an independent phone number, mainly to improve account security and reduce the risk of capitation and fraud. Therefore, if your LINE account has been used for many years, especially if you have registered or logged in through Facebook in the past, it is recommended to check the account settings now.

What are the inspection steps?

The check method is very simple. Just open the LINE App, go to "Homepage" → "Settings" → "My Account", and then check the "Phone Number" field. If it is blank, it means it has not been bound yet. Just click in, enter the phone number and complete the verification. The entire process can be completed directly within the LINE App, and there is no need to authenticate through the web page.

careful! Do not bind the same set of data repeatedly

In addition to your phone number, LINE also reminds you that your email account and password must be set up. As for your Apple account and Google account, it is recommended to bind at least one of them. This will increase your chances of logging in again if your account is stolen or if you need to change your phone in the future.

However, there is one thing you should pay special attention to when binding your phone number. Each LINE account must use a phone number that has not been bound to other LINE accounts. If you reset a phone number that has been bound to other accounts, the LINE account originally using this set of numbers may become invalid.

Email, Apple accounts, and Google accounts also have similar restrictions. If you set the data that has been bound to other LINE accounts to a new account again, the relevant bindings in the original account will also be released, which may cause the original LINE account to become unusable, so it is best to confirm before operating.

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