COD Modern Warfare 2 Steam Can't Verify Phone Number Fix

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 requires you to verify your phone number, but Steam won’t let you do that? Luckily, we have a fix! The COD MW2 PC campaign early access has just begun for players on Steam and Battle.net. However, a number of players on Steam are currently unable to play the game as they can not very their phone numbers on Steam. Here’s how to verify your phone number on Steam for Modern Warfare 2, even if you already verified your number once for Steam.

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Modern Warfare 2 Steam Verify Phone Number Issue Fix
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How to Verify Phone Number on Steam for Modern Warfare 2

So, you have pre-ordered Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II on PC via Steam. And, you have pre-loaded the game upfront. Now, the time has finally come to enjoy the COD MW2 campaign early access, as it is your right by purchase. However, instead of enjoying the game right now, you are stuck verifying your phone number. COD Modern Warfare 2 requires you to confirm your mobile number via Steam. But you have already done that before and now Steam won’t let you do it again.

The game asks for your phone but Steam won’t let you verify since you already did recently. Seems like a hopeless situation, right? Luckily, there’s a surprisingly easy fix for this! You don’t need to call support or waste your time elsewhere. All you need to do is to remove your phone number from your Steam account, restart Steam, and then add the number again! And that’s it – it’s that easy! Alternatively, you can also do this as a more permanent solution for the Modern Warfare 2 “Steam Verify Phone Number” issue:

  • Open your Steam client.
  • Click on “Steam” in the top left corner.
  • Head to “Web Browser”.
  • Press the “delete web browser data” button.
  • Start Modern Warfare 2.

You can breathe a sigh of relief now, and go play the game! Oh, and if you encounter the 0x00001338 Error Code, we have a guide for that one as well! With that said, our guide is done!

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15 COMMENTS

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    Mike

    Phone number was linked to a relative in the house. I removed the phone number from that account and added their own phone number. Made a new Battlnet account with my phone number “There is already another phone number associated with another account” GG way to f*** up the beta

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    Jason

    THANK YOU SO MUCH, worked perfectly

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    Tommy

    It still doesn’t work… what a moron came up with this option with a number. F*****g idiot!

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    Livank

    BTW For a fix to the phone verification:
    steam settings (top left) -> web browser -> delete web browser data. Start game.
    Hope it works!

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      Tommy

      This worked thanks!

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      jake

      This works!!! thank you

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      Daire

      That actually worked mate cheers for that

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      Dr Wickid

      This worked bro thanks!

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      James

      Worked perfectly.. thanks

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      Jaxon

      Wow bro thanks! This works everyone!!

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      hamed

      thanks u lifesaver!

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    Livank

    F**k this beta s**t ill not even try to play anymore.

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    Jeez

    Not gonna remove and add it every time I want to play, f**k this

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    Brandon

    This is the dumbest f*****g feature I’ve ever seen.

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    Thijs Looije

    do i need to fill in that whole format and send it ?