Help to unlink phone number from a dead iphone

My iphone 11 is basically dead, no revival. I have moved my SIM card to another non-Apple phone, and i need to unlink my phone number from the iphone. I tried to log into iCloud to try to remove the ohone number, but there is no option to do so. I also tried de-registering my number from iMessages, but that didn't work either. I am unable to figure another way out to unlink. Any help? Thanks!

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Posted on Nov 24, 2025 1:58 AM

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Nov 24, 2025 5:05 AM in response to cn229

If you had another iPhone you could put in the SIM then..

1.    Settings, Apps, Messages, turn off iMessage,

2.    Settings, Apps, Facetime, turn off Facetime,

3.    Power down the phone.

4.    Turn it on again.  

5.    Settings, Apps, Messages, turn on iMessage,   

6.    Settings, Apps, Facetime, turn on Facetime

then

7 Settings, Apps, Messages, turn off iMessage,

8 Settings, Apps, Facetime, turn off Facetime,


power off


this would register it to the new iphone then deregister it

Help to unlink phone number from a dead iphone

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