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searchable by phone number

A profile findability setting that determines whether other people can find a user's profile by searching with the phone number associated with that profile.

In plain English

This describes whether other people can look up a profile through the phone number linked to it. It is about the profile being discoverable by that number.

In context

Here, it labels the profile findability setting for whether other people can search for the profile using its associated phone number.

Situation
Managing profiles, usernames, privacy, audience, discoverability, and account visibility
What it communicates
labels a phone-number-based profile search option

Meaning limits

The term alone does not say who can see the profile after it is found.

Examples

“Her profile was searchable by phone number but not by the display name on it.”

Core meaning

“After changing the number linked to her profile, she made it searchable by phone number again.”

In context

  • profile findability setting Broader Term

    This is one specific kind of profile findability setting.