iPhone: Locating the serial number, IMEI, and ICCID number

Note: Some carriers may not store the phone number on the SIM card so the data may not be available in iTunes. If that is the case, use one of the other methods to find the phone number. See HT2232 for more information.

1. Connect your iPhone to your computer.
2. When your iPhone appears in iTunes 7.6 or later, select it.
3. Click the Summary tab, and your iPhone's serial number  and phone number will display on screen as shown below:

    

4. If you click the words "Phone Number" in this tab iTunes will also display the IMEI of your iPhone as shown below. If you click "IMEI," iTunes will display the ICCID. If you click "Serial Number" iTunes will display the identifier. 
   
   
   

    

Note: You can choose Edit > Copy to put the serial number on the Clipboard. You can then paste the serial number into an email or web page (for service or registration for example).

Note: Some carriers may not store the phone number on the SIM card so the data may not be available in iTunes. If that's the case, use one of the other methods to find the phone number. See HT2232 for more information.

Open iTunes and mouse over a device backup:

1. If you are using iTunes 8.1 or later, open Preferences in iTunes (In Mac OS X, choose iTunes > Preferences. In Windows, choose Edit > Preferences).
2. Click the Devices tab.
3. Position the mouse over a backup to display the phone number, serial number, and IMEI of the backed up iPhone.

1. If you are using iTunes 7.6.2 or later, you can also hold down the Control key and choose Help > About iTunes (Windows) or iTunes > About iTunes (Mac).
2. Release the Control key.
3. As the iTunes and QuickTime version information scrolls, you will see the last connected iPhone's serial number and IMEI.

• Hold down the Option key (Shift key in Windows) to reverse the scrolling.
• Press the Space bar to pause the scrolling.
• You can copy this information onto the Clipboard and and paste it into a document.
  
  In Mac OS X, choose Edit > Copy (or Command-C).
  In Windows, press Control-C

Your original iPhone serial number and IMEI are engraved on the back metal case as shown in the photo below:

You can find your iPhone serial number,IMEI, and ICCID in the About screen on your iPhone. From the Home screen, tap Settings > General > About and scroll down.

When iPhone is in recovery mode, iTunes will display n/a for the Serial Number and IMEI, but if you have the latest version of iTunes installed, you can use Apple System Profiler on your Mac to view the Serial Number and IMEI:

If you still have the original packaging that your iPhone came in, you can find your iPhone serial number and IMEI printed on the barcode label that's affixed to the packaging.