How to Find Someone's Phone Number Online

Use Free Reverse Number Lookup With a Search Engine

A simple search with a generalized search engine like Google, Bing, or DuckDuckGo may even be able to track down a name, address, email address, and recent personal updates, all in the same place.

To find someone's phone number on Google, for example, you may need to do some digging by entering their name and the area they live in. But to do a reverse number lookup, all you need to do is enter the entire phone number (area code included) into the search field, and see what comes back.

In most cases, the number will be identified within the first five search results. Select one of these results, and you'll see business information, addresses, relevant contacts, and more. 

Try Toll-Free Phone Numbers

Toll-free phone numbers are free to call and can be your instant gateway into a company's inner workings.

There are quite a few toll-free number directories on the web that give extensive 1-800 number listings; however, you can also use your favorite search engine to track down nearly any toll-free phone number.

There are a couple of different ways you can accomplish this:

• 800 number for company: Simple yet effective. Type 800 number for company, substituting the name of the business you're looking for the word "company," and sometimes you'll get lucky.
• Contact us: This is often a very successful method of finding contact information. Type "contact us" (yes, in quotes) plus the name of the company (e.g., "contact us" microsoft).

Find Cellphone Numbers Online

Millions of people all over the world use cellphones on a daily basis to communicate with each other. However, most of these numbers aren't found in phone directories, which makes them difficult to track down online.

However, you can potentially uncover a friend's mobile phone number with nothing more than a simple name search.

Try Alternative Search Engines

Niche search engines focus on something other than regular web page searches, such as finding only people-related information.

These sites can be useful resources for when you're looking for a phone number because they look at only information that could be tied to individuals, such as a number, an address, social networking updates, and business contact resources.

Since every search engine returns different information from the next, it's definitely worth a try to type your person's name or phone number into various search tools, such as a people search engine, to see what comes back.

Use Zabasearch to Find a Phone Number

If you've ever placed personal information anywhere on the web, whether that be a phone number, birthdate, or physical address, Zabasearch is likely to have it.

Controversial yet completely legal, this site collects information from all over the web and places it in one convenient place for public access, including some phone numbers.

Search by name or address and see what comes back. If you know their phone number, you can find people that way, too.

Use Facebook to Find a Phone Number

Using just a name, an email address, or a common connection (like a workplace, college, or organization), you can uncover a surprising amount of information at Facebook, the world's largest social networking website with hundreds of millions of users.

There are many ways to find people on Facebook, and depending on how public people have made their personal information, you can actually be quite successful finding a phone number here.