# How to change the SMS sender name

Having trouble with your text message with an Alphanumerical sender/using your company name as a sender here is what you need to know.

October 10, 2025

## Introduction:

## Text messages and Alphanumerical sender

Do you want to use your company name as a sender for text messages that are sent out via GetAccept? In this article, we will go through how to set it up and where it is supported.

# How to set it up

1. Click on your profile image up to the right
2. Select **Settings**
3. Click on **Settings** under **Document settings**
4. Scroll down to " **SMS Sender Override**"
5. Type in the name of the sender you want to use, you can have a maximum of 11 characters in the name (space is not allowed).
6. Click on **Save**
7. Done!

## Where is it supported?

| Country                             | Supported                                                                                            |
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Afghanistan                         | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Albania                             | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Algeria                             | Yes                                                                                                 |
| American Samoa                      | No                                                                                                  |
| Andorra                             | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Angola                              | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Anguilla                            | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Antigua and Barbuda                | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Argentina                           | No                                                                                                  |
| Armenia                             | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |
| Australia                           | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Austria                             | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Azerbaijan                          | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Bahamas                             | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |
| Bahrain                             | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Bangladesh                          | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Barbados                            | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Belarus                             | No                                                                                                  |
| Belgium                             | No                                                                                                  |
| Belize                              | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Benin                               | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Bermuda                             | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |
| Bhutan                              | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Bolivia                             | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina              | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Botswana                            | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Brazil                              | No                                                                                                  |
| British Virgin Islands              | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Brunei                              | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Bulgaria                            | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |
| Burkina Faso                        | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Burundi                             | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Cambodia                            | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Cameroon                            | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Canada                              | No                                                                                                  |
| Cape Verde                          | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Cayman Islands                      | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Chad                                | No                                                                                                  |
| Chile                               | No                                                                                                  |
| China                               | It is illegal for companies to send out texts to private persons in China.                          |
| Colombia                            | No                                                                                                  |
| Comoros                             | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Cook Islands                        | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Costa Rica                         | No                                                                                                  |
| Croatia                             | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Cuba                                | No                                                                                                  |
| Cyprus                              | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |
| Czech Republic                      | No                                                                                                  |
| Democratic Republic of Congo       | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Denmark                             | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Dominica                            | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Dominican Republic                  | No                                                                                                  |
| Ecuador                             | No                                                                                                  |
| Egypt                               | No                                                                                                  |
| El Salvador                         | No                                                                                                  |
| Equatorial Guinea                  | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Estonia                             | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Ethiopia                            | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Faroe Islands                       | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Fiji                                | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Finland                             | Yes                                                                                                 |
| France                              | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |
| French Guiana                       | Yes                                                                                                 |
| French Polynesia                    | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Gabon                               | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Gambia                              | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Georgia                             | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Germany                             | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Ghana                               | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Gibraltar                           | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Greece                              | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Greenland                           | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Grenada                             | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Guam                                | No                                                                                                  |
| Guatemala                           | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |
| Guernsey                            | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Guinea                              | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Guinea-Bissau                       | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Guyana                              | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Haiti                               | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |
| Honduras                            | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |
| Hong Kong                           | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Hungary                             | No                                                                                                  |
| Iceland                             | Yes                                                                                                 |
| India                               | No                                                                                                  |
| Indonesia                           | No                                                                                                  |
| Iran                                | No                                                                                                  |
| Iraq                                | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Ireland                             | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Israel                              | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |
| Italy                               | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Ivory Coast                         | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |
| Jamaica                             | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Japan                               | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |
| Jersey                              | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Jordan                              | No                                                                                                  |
| Kazakhstan                          | No                                                                                                  |
| Kenya                               | No                                                                                                  |
| Kosovo                              | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Kuwait                              | No                                                                                                  |
| Laos                                | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Latvia                              | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Lebanon                             | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |
| Lesotho                             | No                                                                                                  |
| Liberia                             | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Libya                               | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Liechtenstein                       | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Lithuania                           | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Luxembourg                           | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Macao                               | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Macedonia                           | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Madagascar                          | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Malawi                              | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |
| Malaysia                            | No                                                                                                  |
| Maldives                            | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Mali                                | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Malta                               | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Marshall Islands                    | No                                                                                                  |
| Martinique                          | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Mauritania                          | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Mauritius                           | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |
| Mexico                              | No                                                                                                  |
| Micronesia                          | No                                                                                                  |
| Moldova                             | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Mongolia                            | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Montenegro                          | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Montserrat                          | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Morocco                             | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |
| Mozambique                          | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |
| Myanmar                             | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |
| Namibia                             | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Nepal                               | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |
| Netherlands                         | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Netherlands Antilles                | Yes                                                                                                 |
| New Caledonia                      | Yes                                                                                                 |
| New Zealand                         | No                                                                                                  |
| Nicaragua                           | No                                                                                                  |
| Niger                               | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Nigeria                             | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Niue                                | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Norfolk Island                      | No                                                                                                  |
| Norway                              | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Oman                                | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Pakistan                            | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |
| Palau                               | No                                                                                                  |
| Palestine                           | No                                                                                                  |
| Panama                              | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |
| Papua New Guinea                    | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Paraguay                            | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |
| Peru                                | No                                                                                                  |
| Philippines                         | No                                                                                                  |
| Poland                              | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Portugal                            | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Puerto Rico                         | No                                                                                                  |
| Qatar                               | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Republic of the Congo              | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Réunion                             | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Romania                             | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |
| Russia                              | No                                                                                                  |
| Rwanda                              | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines    | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Samoa                               | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |
| San Marino                          | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Sao Tome and Principe              | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Saudi Arabia                        | No                                                                                                  |
| Senegal                             | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Serbia                              | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Seychelles                          | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Sierra Leone                        | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Singapore                           | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Slovakia                            | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Slovenia                            | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Somalia                             | Yes                                                                                                 |
| South Africa                        | No                                                                                                  |
| South Korea                         | No                                                                                                  |
| South Sudan                         | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Spain                               | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Sri Lanka                           | No                                                                                                  |
| St. Kitts and Nevis                | No                                                                                                  |
| St Pierre and Miquelon             | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Sudan                               | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |
| Suriname                            | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Swaziland                           | No                                                                                                  |
| Sweden                              | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Switzerland                         | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Syria                               | No                                                                                                  |
| Taiwan                              | No                                                                                                  |
| Tajikistan                          | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Tanzania                            | No                                                                                                  |
| Thailand                            | No                                                                                                  |
| Timor - Leste                      | No                                                                                                  |
| Togo                                | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Tonga                               | No                                                                                                  |
| Trinidad and Tobago                 | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |
| Tunisia                             | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Turkey                              | No                                                                                                  |
| Tuvalu                              | No                                                                                                  |
| Uganda                              | Yes                                                                                                 |
| Ukraine                             | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |
| United Arab Emirates                | No                                                                                                  |
| United Kingdom                      | Yes                                                                                                 |
| United States                       | No                                                                                                  |
| United States Virgin Islands        | No                                                                                                  |
| Uruguay                             | No                                                                                                  |
| Uzbekistan                          | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |
| Vanuatu                             | No                                                                                                  |
| Venezuela                           | No                                                                                                  |
| Vietnam                             | No                                                                                                  |
| Yemen                               | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |
| Zambia                              | No                                                                                                  |
| Zimbabwe                            | Supported with some restrictions (see link below for more info)                                    |

For more info on a specific recipient, country click [here](https://www.twilio.com/guidelines/sms)

**The reason why a country is not supported may vary.**

**In some cases, it is due to local laws in other cases the mobile operators in the area do not support it.**
