Phone

Generates a random phone number that matches the country or region of the input phone number while maintaining the format. For example, [phone] or 123-456-7890.

If the input is not a valid phone number, the generator randomly replaces numeric characters. You can also replace invalid numbers with valid numbers.

By default, the numbers are United States phone numbers. Generated numbers pass Google's libphonenumber verification if the input is a valid phone number or if you replace invalid numbers.

Characteristics

Consistency	Yes, can be made self-consistent.
Linking	No, cannot be linked.
Differential privacy	No
Data-free	No
Allowed for primary keys	No
Allowed for unique columns	No
Uses format-preserving encryption (FPE)	No
Privacy ranking	3
Generator ID (for the API)	USPhoneNumberGenerator

How to configure

To configure the generator:

1. Toggle the Replace invalid numbers setting to indicate whether to replace invalid input values with a valid output value. By default, the generator does not replace invalid values. It randomly replaces numeric characters.

2. Toggle the Consistency setting to indicate whether to make the generator self-consistent. By default, consistency is disabled.

3. If Structural data encryption is enabled, then to use it for this column, toggle Use data encryption process to the on position.