How to Check Your Cell Phone's Call and Text Balance

If you have a prepaid cell phone, it's important to stay on top of how many minutes you have left to use. Thankfully, it's easy to check your airtime balance by calling a specific code that will then send a message to your device with your remaining minutes left. You can also use your phone to check your data usage (on either a prepaid phone or a standard cellular plan). Read on to learn how.

Ways to Check Your Airtime Balance

AT&T: *777# (or *3282# for data usage)
Verizon: #646 (or #DATA for data usage)
T-Mobile: #646#
US Cellular: #225
Tracfone: Text BALANCE to 611611
Straight Talk: Text USAGE to 611611

Method 1

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AT&T

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Dial *777#. On your AT&T mobile phone, open your phone’s keypad (either on-screen or physically), and dial the *777# code on the call screen.^{[1]
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- If you want to check your data usage, dial *3282#.^{[2]
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- Press the call button once you're done dialing the code. After a few moments, you'll get a message with your remaining airtime or data usage.

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Verizon

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Dial #646. On your Verizon mobile phone, open your phone’s keypad (either on-screen or physically), and dial the #646 (#MIN) code on the call screen.^{[3]
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- If you want to check your data usage, dial #DATA.^{[4]
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- Press the call button once you're done dialing the code. After a few moments, you'll get a message with your remaining airtime or data usage.

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T-Mobile

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Dial #646#. On your T-Mobile phone, open your phone’s keypad (either on-screen or physically), and dial the #646# (#MIN#) code on the call screen.^{[5]
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- To check your data usage, you'll need to log into your T-Mobile account online and click Usage.^{[6]
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- Press the call button once you're done dialing the code. After a few moments, you'll get a message with your remaining airtime.

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US Cellular

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Dial #225. On your US Cellular mobile phone, open your phone’s keypad (either on-screen or physically), and dial #225 (#BAL) code on the call screen.
- To check data usage, dial 611, or check your account on the US Cellular homepage.^{[7]
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- Press the call button once you're done dialing the code. After a few moments, you'll get a message with your remaining airtime or data usage.

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Tracfone

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Text BALANCE to 611611. Tracfone will send you an automated message back with the airtime balance and data usage for your account.^{[8]
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- You can add more airtime by texting ADD to 611611. Alternatively, text VAIR to 611611 to experience Tracfone's in-store airtime purchasing process.

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Straight Talk

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Text USAGE to 611611. Straight Talk will send you an automated message back with the airtime balance and data usage for your account.^{[9]
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- If texting USAGE doesn't work, try texting BALANCE.
- You can add more airtime by texting ADD to 611611. Alternatively, text VAIR to 611611 to experience Straight Talk's in-store airtime purchasing process.^{[10]
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How do I check airtime balance on TracFone?

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If it's a basic phone, it should be on the home screen. If its a smartphone, go to the app market on your device and download the TracFone My Account app.

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How do I get my airtime to show on my Safelink track phone?

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If its a basic phone it should show on the homescreen. If it'a a smartphone, then go onto the Safelink site and log in to view your balance. The smartphone method is also valid for viewing on a desktop or tablet.

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Each of these methods for balance-checking is free of charge.

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The numbers to dial are fairly easy to remember, but just in case, you may want to program them into your cell phone's contact list.

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For other network carriers, check the owner’s guide or contact the respective customer service hotline to ask for the specific number to call so you can check your minutes remaining.

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