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How to find a person by their phone / cell number

February 2, 2021
Learn to SEARCH a certain PERSON by their PHONE NUMBER ✅ or Cell phone via Google, Instagram, Facebook or another Tool.

In this post you will learn how to find a person by their phone number or fixed cell phone or even if it is linked to Facebook or Instagram.

When the internet and networks did not exist, previously, in some countries, they used a directory called "white pages", which listed information on telephone numbers.

Today, with the internet, this directory has almost entirely, if not totally, disappeared. And therefore, it is not as simple a task as it was in the past.

However, the internet came to improve people's lives even more than to make it worse, and of course, among its immense world, there are pages specialized in helping you to find a person by his cell number or telephone, and here we will help you how.

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Search methods

With the internet on the rise, today you can find the information you are looking for, but it is necessary that you take into account the available methods:

  • Find only people: if you only want to know the name of the person behind the phone number. This can be done for free, for this case, we will use Google, Facebook and Instagram.
  • Know information about the telephone number: if you want to know in depth the information of a telephone number, including information about relatives, location, etc. You will have to pay a subscription for a professional service to get it.
  • Know if it is SPAM or unwanted call: If you want to prevent banks, promotional companies or some extortionist from calling you, we will use a free service to know only this.

Without further ado, join us in this step-by-step tutorial to help you find the phone number information.

Find people by their number

In the types of search methods, we tell you that if you only want to know superficially the person behind a certain number, this method is for you.

Next, we will show you how to find a person by their phone number using Google, Facebook and Instagram.

Find it using Google

Google is the most popular search engine. In it, people use it to find any type of query, including a phone number.

Although there is little information you can get, because it is rare for personal information to be publicly exposed, you may be in luck.

Then follow the steps to carry out the process:

1.- First, access the google search engine.

2.- After that, enter the phone number INCLUDING the complete country code. Here you can see an example of it:

Results of an example when searching for people by their cell or phone number.
Results of an example.

3.- If you are lucky, you will find one or more pages with information that may be useful to find the person through their contact telephone number.

Find it using Facebook

In case you didn't know, the Facebook search engine also allows you to search for a person by their phone or cell number.

So is! Is it possible to do that. Sure, if the person disabled the search with their phone number in their privacy settings, but if not, you can find it.

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The process is quite simple, follow this step by step:

1.- First, access within the Facebook platform.

2.- After, locate the search bar on top. It has a magnifying glass icon. There you enter the phone number.

Find people by phone or cell number using Facebook.
Facebook search example.

3.- If you are lucky, you will find some of the following results:

  • A person based on your cell phone number.
  • A company who was trying to offer you his services.

Find it using Instagram

Although its search engine does not allow you to search for people by phone number, what you can do is search for your currently added contacts by phone numbers.

In the case of being a stranger's number, add it by giving it a random name, and then follow these next steps:

1.- First, access within the Instagram app.

2.- Later, go to the your profile tab, and press the options icon, as you can see here:

Instagram options icon.
Instagram options icon.

3.- Once you are there, press the option «Discover pressures«. You will enter a new section.

4.- Well, if you have not synchronized your phone contacts, an option will appear. Click on «Connect contacts«. In this way, we can search for people by their phone or cell number on Instagram. Take a look at this example image:

Click on that option.
Click on that option.

5.- Once all your contacts have been synchronized, you will be able to observe them in that same tab.

Know information about the telephone line

If you have an emergency and you need yes or yes to know the information of a certain telephone number of a person, this is the correct section.

If you need to know the exact location, contact details and other information, you will have to pay for a professional service at the Cell Track platform.

Cell Track, a platform for tracking phone numbers.
Cell Track, a platform for tracking phone numbers.

The platform is available in the Spanish language, so don't worry about that.

If you want to search for a person by their cell phone number and know all the information about their phone, follow these steps:

1.- Access within the portal and Sign up. To do this, click on «Sign up».

2.- Enter your email and password for the portal.

3.- Once you log in, this window will appear:

Cell Track control panel.
Cell Track control panel.

Click on «Trace a Phone Number»In order to obtain more information from a telephone number.

Note
It is important to bear in mind that to search for a person by their cell phone number, it is necessary have already bought «credits» on the platform.

4.- Once the above is done, a page will be loaded that will ask you for the phone number in a box, and will show you the results.


This is how you can search for a certain person by their phone or cell number via Google, Facebook or Instagram.

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