# Automatic Phone Number Formatting

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/automatic-phone-number-formatting/3640>\
**Category:** HubSpot Ideas\
**Tags:** calling, object\
**Created:** [October 20, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/automatic-phone-number-formatting/3640 "2017-10-20T19:10:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![leechen](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/leechen/32/193434_2.png) [@leechen](https://community.hubspot.com/u/leechen)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 7:45am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/automatic-phone-number-formatting/3640/135 "2022-04-12T07:45:02Z")

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Hey team!  
Writing on behalf of a customer as well - would be great if the setting above can be toggled off, so that the field returns to single line text by default, instead of having to disable number formatting each time a contact is added.  
Appreciate you guys!

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