How to send an anonymous text message (3 working methods)

There are three working methods to send an anonymous text or message. Each has different trade-offs in terms of cost, recipient experience, and how anonymous it really is.

Method 1: Anonymous question link

Use an app like anonymousquestion.com, NGL, Sendit, or Tellonym. The recipient shares a link, you open it, type your message, send. The recipient gets the message in their app inbox — no account, no app install on your side.

Best for: anonymous compliments, feedback, confessions, questions you wouldn't ask in person.

Limit: only works when the recipient has set up a link.

Method 2: Burner phone number

Sign up for Google Voice (free in the US), Hushed, or TextNow. You get a temporary number. Text from that number; recipient sees the burner number, not yours.

Best for: when you need actual SMS to someone's phone number — Marketplace, dating-app moves, etc.

Limit: the service knows who you are. Real anonymity isn't possible from a burner.

Method 3: SMS spoofing service

Various paid and free services send one-off SMS messages with no return number, or a spoofed "from" number. Quality varies wildly.

Important: in the U.S., spoofing caller ID with intent to defraud or harass is illegal under the Truth in Caller ID Act. Don't do anything sketchy with this.

What about hiding your number with *67?

*67 only works on outbound voice calls, not SMS. Doesn't help.

Recommendation

For 90% of "I want to text someone anonymously" use cases, an anonymous-question link is the cleanest option: no payment, no SIM, no risk of crossing a legal line, no service that knows your identity.

Set up your own anonymous-question link here.