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LINE requires accounts to have a phone number set up to improve account security and reduce the risk of account fraud and fraud. Users who have registered or logged in with Facebook for a long time especially need to check their account settings.
If the LINE account is only connected to Facebook and does not set a phone number, the account will be deleted. (Picture/Drawing by this newspaper)
Attention LINE users, please check your account settings quickly. LINE officially issued an announcement. If the account is currently only connected to Facebook and does not have a phone number set, the setting must be completed before 23:59 on December 31, 2026, Taiwan time. Otherwise, the account will be deleted directly by the system when the time limit expires.
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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