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Why Metro asks for a phone number
Metro asks for a phone number to confirm you’re a real person and to protect the account. The code arrives as a text message.
Can you skip the phone on Metro?
If Metro offers email or Google/Apple sign-in, that’s the free way to skip the phone. When it insists on a number, a temporary one works without a SIM card.
Your options without a SIM card
Free VoIP numbers are often refused, and free receive-SMS sites show the code to anyone who opens the page.
- Email or Google/Apple sign-in, when the app allows it. Free, and no number at all.
- A second SIM or eSIM. Costs a monthly plan, but the number stays yours.
- A private temporary number from CoveSMS. Only you see the code, and you pay nothing if it doesn’t arrive within 20 minutes.
Step by step: get the Metro code online
- Buy a Metro number in your CoveSMS dashboard.
- In Metro, choose the same country code and paste the number.
- Ask for the code by SMS.
- Copy the code from your dashboard into Metro.
If the code doesn’t arrive
- If a call option appears, choose SMS: numbers receive texts only.
- If the number is refused, cancel after 2 minutes for the full price back to your balance and try another country.
- No code within 20 minutes means the number closes and the price goes back to your balance.
After you’re in: stop depending on the number
A temporary number is single-use. Set up another way in before it closes:
- Add your own email to Metro.
- Turn on an authenticator app or passkey if the app offers one.