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My friend's account appears, but a different person is using it

If you synced LINE with your device’s contacts, your friend list on LINE will use the names registered in your device.

Note: Syncing LINE with your device's contacts automatically adds friends registered in your contacts as friends on LINE. See this Help article for more information.

To see the name a friend set on LINE, tap the pencil icon next to their name. Their name will appear in small text at the top left of the screen.

If the person that appears in your friend list is actually different from the person using the LINE account, either of the following situations is possible.

• The owner of the phone number registered in your device's contacts changed.

• The registered phone number is incorrect.

See the following section based on your situation.

Issues happening on your device

⋅A different account appears in your friend list under your own name

Check whether an old phone number is registered under your name in your device's contacts

⋅Someone who doesn't use LINE appears in your friend list

Make sure your friend's phone number is correct and current in your device's contacts

⋅The name of someone in your friend list suddenly changed

Check whether you changed their registered name in your device's contacts

⋅You meant to chat with a friend registered in your device's contacts, but it was actually someone else

Check whether you've registered multiple phone numbers for your friend in your device's contacts

Issues happening on another person's device

⋅Your friend sees you on LINE even though you don't use the service

Check whether your old phone number is registered in the contacts of your friend's device

⋅Someone you don't know sees you on their LINE account when you register a newly contracted phone number

The phone number's previous owner may be registered in the unfamiliar user's contacts

⋅Your friend sees duplicates of your account on their LINE account

Check whether your old phone number or other information is registered under your name in your friend's contacts

If unknown users already appear in your friend list, please delete them after hiding or blocking them.

Blocking accounts

Hiding accounts

Deleting hidden or blocked accounts

If you're still having issues after you've confirmed everything above, your device information may not be synced with the information on LINE's servers. Refer to this Help article and try syncing your information.

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My friends don't appear

If all of your friends have stopped appearing

You may have minimized your friend list. Please tap the light gray bar that says "Friends (number)" on the Friends tab to display them all again.

If only some of your friends have stopped appearing

It may be for one of the following reasons:

• They deleted their accounts

• You blocked, hid, or deleted their accounts

For the steps to unblock an account, see here.

For the steps to unhide an account, see here.

Note: You cannot undo deleting a friend. In this case, please add them again.

If your friends and groups disappeared after transferring your account, see this Help article.

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I can't add friends using ID Search

If you're not able to add friends using ID search, check the settings below.

If your friend can't find you:

1. Tap the Home tab > Profile or Edit profile.

2. Turn ON Allow others to add me by ID.

Note: You can also go to the profile screen here.

If you can't find your friend:

Your friend may not have turned ON Allow others to add me by ID. Please ask them to check their settings.

To prevent the username search feature from being abused, the feature will temporarily be suspended if a username is searched for (or the wrong ID is entered) too many times. Please understand that we cannot provide any details about how long accounts are suspended for due to security reasons.

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I can't add friends via QR code

If your friend can't scan your QR code, try regenerating it by following the steps below.

1. Tap the QR code icon on the right side of the search bar.

2. Tap My QR code.

3. Tap Regenerate > OK.

Note: The search bar appears at the top of the Home, Chats, and News tabs.

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Contacts on my device don't appear in my friend list

If contacts from your device are not appearing in your friend list, it may be because:

• You or your friend have the “Allow others to add me” setting turned off.

• They were added to your Blocked or Hidden users list.

• They are appearing in your Friend recommendations.

For more details, refer to the following Help pages:

Adding friends

How friend recommendations work

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Why does a blocked or removed friend still appear in my game rankings?

The reason will differ for each game. Please start the game and contact the LINE Games team using the inquiry form found inside the app.

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I have Auto-add friends turned ON, but my contact wasn't added

If you have Auto-add friends turned ON but one of your contacts wasn't added to your friend list on LINE, check the information below.

Your contact's LINE account settings

A contact cannot be automatically added if:

• They turned OFF the Allow others to add me setting.

Note: Check to see if they appear in your Friend recommendations (this link is accessible on your smartphone).

• They don't have a phone number registered to their LINE account.

Your LINE account settings

The contact might have been added to your Hidden accounts or Blocked accounts list.

To check:

1. Go to the Home tab and tap Settings.

2. Tap Friends.

3. Tap Hidden accounts or Blocked accounts.

If your contact appears in one of these lists, tap Edit and select Unhide or Unblock.

Note: You won't be able to check your contact's account if it was deleted from the Hidden accounts or Blocked accounts list.

If your contact is still not automatically added to your friend list after checking the above, see this Help article and add them manually.

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I receive the message “The account you are trying to add cannot accept any more friends.”

There is a limit on the number of users you can add as a friend, and who can add you as a friend.

If the message “Sorry, the account you are trying to add cannot accept any more friends.” appears when you try to add a user, it means they cannot be added as a friend because they have already been added by too many other users.

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I verified a Japanese phone number and can't search for IDs/phone numbers because age verification is required

If your LINE account is verified with a Japanese phone number, the ID/phone number search feature will be restricted until you verify that you are 18 or over. This is in order to protect minors who are using the service.

LINE uses the age verification services provided by Japanese mobile service providers. You can verify your age if you have a contract with au (KDDI), NTT Docomo, SoftBank, Y!mobile, or LINE Mobile.

In any of the following cases, you will not be able to verify your age and search for friends using their phone number or ID.

• Your contract is with a mobile service provider that cannot be used for age verification.

• Your mobile service contract is under the name of someone under 18 years of age.

• Your mobile service contract is under a company's name.

• You have not registered your user information. (For mobile service providers other than LINE Mobile)

• You have not applied for sp-mode. (For NTT Docomo)

• You cannot configure your mobile service provider's setting for sharing your age. (For mobile service providers other than LINE Mobile)

In any of the situations mentioned above, try adding friends with a different method (e.g. QR code scan or auto-adding friends from your device contacts).

If you haven't finished registering your user information or configuring the setting for sharing your age, please contact your mobile service provider for assistance.

In the case that you cannot verify your age even though you are 18 or older, have registered your user information, and configured the setting to share your age, contact us via this Inquiry Form.

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I get an error when creating/deleting/inviting others to groups

Your use of the service may have been restricted due to violating (or being suspected of violating) the Terms and Conditions of Use. Below are the main standards for what constitute violations.

• Posting content that is generally considered unacceptable, such as abusive language, obscene content, or any other obscene expressions.

• Exchanging personal information (e.g. phone number, address, LINE ID), or continually inviting or soliciting others to meet in person.

• Engaging in any unlawful acts, such as the illegal trading of banned substances, stocks, etc.

• Acts of planning or inviting minors to inappropriate meetings or assemblies.

• Acts deemed to be spamming, such as sending multiple stickers or posts in a row over a short period of time.

Note: For security reasons, we do not provide details regarding the basis for what violates our Terms and Conditions of Use, or why the service has been suspended.

The temporary suspension period is between 24 hours and seven days. However, suspensions longer than seven days may be applied depending on the details of the violation.

Note: You can use the suspended feature again once the suspension period is over.

Please refer to Standards regarding posts on LINE on LINE Safety Center and take care not to engage in any activity that could result in your use being suspended in the future.

If you don't remember doing anything that could have violated the Terms and Conditions of Use, contact us via this Inquiry Form and we will look into the matter.

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