---
title: 'Phone Number'
description: 'This article explains how to create & work with a Phone number field.'
tags: ['Fields', 'Field types', 'Text based types', 'Phone number']
keywords: ['Fields', 'Field types', 'Text based types', 'Phone number', 'Create phone number field']
---


`Phone number` field is text based field that allows you to store phone numbers. It also allows you to validate the phone number.

## Create a `Phone number` field
1. Click on `+` icon to the right of `Fields header`
2. On the dropdown modal, enter the field name (Optional).
3. Select the field type as `Phonenumber` from the dropdown.
4. Enable validation by toggling the `Validate Phonenumber` checkbox (Optional).
5. Set default value for the field (Optional).
6. Click on `Save Field` button.

![image](/img/v2/fields/types/phonenumber.png)

:::note
- Specify default value without quotes.
- Validation only ensures that the value entered is a valid phone number. It does not check if the phone number exists.
:::

## Similar text based fields
Following are the other text based fields available in NocoDB, custom-built for specific use cases.
- [Single line text](010.single-line-text.md)
- [Long text](020.long-text.md)
- [URL](050.url.md)
- [Email](030.email.md)