# Newbie question about adding mobile number **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [August 14, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/newbie-question-about-adding-mobile-number/4011 "2023-08-14T16:23:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anamator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aca169/32.png) [@anamator](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/anamator)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/newbie-question-about-adding-mobile-number/4011/1 "2023-08-14T16:23:12Z")
Gramps version 5.1.5 and MacOS High Sierra. I am new in using gramps. My question is, how do I add a mobile number to the personal data, without having to enter the address? Because the data currently available is only a family tree, date of birth, and cellphone number, there is no address or city data. Are there special gramplets to enter that data? ---
**Author:** ![pgerlier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/41988e/32.png) [@pgerlier](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/pgerlier)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/newbie-question-about-adding-mobile-number/4011/2 "2023-08-14T17:05:32Z")
If you don’t want to use an _Address_ record to store a phone number (which would allow you to display a kind of directory), you can enter the number as an _Attribute_. Just add the custom type “Mobile Number”. ---
**Author:** ![anamator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aca169/32.png) [@anamator](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/anamator)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/newbie-question-about-adding-mobile-number/4011/3 "2023-08-14T17:12:05Z")
Since there is no “Mobile Number” in _Attribute_, how to add custom type? ---
**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/newbie-question-about-adding-mobile-number/4011/4 "2023-08-14T17:21:00Z")
I don’t see a good reason for a custom attribute. Simply add another address with only a phone number. While 5.1 doesn’t show phone numbers (or postal code) in the Address tab, the new 5.2 was enhanced to do so. One of the reasons to use an address record for this is that it supports a date range. So you can maintain a history of them. (So you might be able to determine who was being called for that number listed in the Family Newsletter contacts in 1980.) See [0011600](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=11600): Addresses tab can have invisible rows of Phone only records ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/b/bda4d76baa1cae149906eb7d1977e55849b6adb0.png) ---
**Author:** ![DaveSch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/davesch/32/40_2.png) [@DaveSch](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/DaveSch)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/newbie-question-about-adding-mobile-number/4011/5 "2023-08-14T17:21:20Z")
Using an Attribute as @pgerlier suggests may be added to reports etc when you may not want this to happen. Making it Private would add some control. A person’s Attribute tends to get added to reports when an Address record is not. Just because the Address can handle other information, you can limit your entries to just the phone number. Having it entered here you can aggregate all the Address entries in a report like the Narrative Web. ---
**Author:** ![anamator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aca169/32.png) [@anamator](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/anamator)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/newbie-question-about-adding-mobile-number/4011/6 "2023-08-14T17:36:08Z")
Thanks pgerlier, DaveSch & emyoulation 😊🙏🏻 Based on @emyoulation suggestion, now I limit my entries to just the phone number. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/1X/2ac1e712b7adf612e31ca08a55419f4cf37c0158.png) [@system](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/newbie-question-about-adding-mobile-number/4011/7 "2023-09-13T17:36:56Z")
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