In the event a user sends a text messages (iMessage) to other contacts and texts appear "from" user email address rather than phone number, follow these steps to resolve this issue:


The Fix

Because you as the iMessage sender are not directly affected by this issue you are probably not aware it is happening until a frustrated colleague or friend points it out to you. Unfortunately it is easy to fix within a minute.

  1. On your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch go to Settings 
  2. Scroll down to Messages
  3. Scroll down to Send & Receive
  4. Scroll down to START NEW CONVERSATIONS FROM and select only your phone number