How to Create a my Social Security Account
Reading Time: 1 MinuteLast Updated: November 3, 2023
A personal my Social Security account is one of the most important tools in your online services tool belt. A my Social Security account puts you in control of your Social Security record. Opening an account is quick, secure, and easy. Check out our infographic on how you can create your personal my Social Security account today!
Did you find this Information helpful?
Thanks for your feedback!
Tags: my Social Security, my Social Security account, retirement benefits, Social Security benefits
See CommentsAbout the Author
Jim Borland, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Communications
Jim Borland, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Communications
Comments
Comments are closed.
Tony T.
I tried to create new account at myaccount.socialsecurity.gov, but it keeps denying me when I enter my primary phone number.
Then it locked my web page, and asked me to retry in 24 hours, which I waited for 3 days before trying again, and then I failed again.
It has done that 3 times, in the last 3 weeks.
THIS IS DISTURBING!
Regina D.
I can’t remember my username and password.
R.F.
Hello Regina. If you are unable to create an account or encounter a problem with your my Social Security account, you may:
•Call us at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778), Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. At the voice prompt, say “helpdesk”; or
•Contact your local Social Security office. Thanks!
EDGAR J.
My wife and I both need to create accounts, why can’t we both use the same computer to do it? I created my account but when my wife tries to access the site to create her account the site won’t accept her info and create an account.
How can we get her account using the on -line site.on the same computer?
Danyelle N.
What do I do if I did not receive my activation code?
philip e.
i don’t remember my user name or password ?
R.F.
If you are unable to create an account or encounter a problem with your my Social Security account, you may:
•Call us at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778), Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. At the voice prompt, say “helpdesk”; or
•Contact your local Social Security office.
Tina C.
If a child is collecting benefits would I be able to see the child amount and statements on my online social security account? Would my child be linked to me under 18 years of age?
R.F.
Your “my Social Security” account is for your own personal use, Tina. You can only see your own benefit information. Thanks!
chicago t.
More often than not, tipsters, readers, friends, and one’s own flesh of Eater comprise one question: Where should a specific break bread accurate now? Restaurant obsessives fall short of to discern what’s fashionable, what’s live, which favorite chef nothing but launched a sophomore effort. And while the Eater 38 is a crucial resource covering past it standbys and neighborhood essentials across the town, it is not a list of the “it” places of the moment. Fashion, the club offers the Eater Heatmap, which choice transform on a symmetrical constituent to always Chicago’s Top Restaurants highlight where the crowds are flocking to at the moment.
Debra A.
I need help finding an old account. And I couldn’t find it. Thanks
RICHARD L.
Social Security sources always tell you to sign up for an account on line, but they never tell you that if you have credit bureau freezes in place, your online request will be rejected, with little explanation other than to “call”. When you call, you are told the only way to get an account is to lift the freezes or to visit a social security office in person. How inconvenient is this? I refuse to pay to lift my credit freezes, just to get an account, and I cannot visit my local office without taking a day off work. Just seems like typical bureaucracy to me.
R.F.
We apologize for the inconvenience, Richard. You’re right, you cannot create a my Social Security account online if you have a security freeze, fraud alert, or both on your credit report. You can still create an account without removing the security freeze or fraud alert, but you will have to visit your local Social Security office. Thanks!
DOROTHY K.
I can not remember my password to get into my account.
R.F.
Hi Dorothy, for assistance, please call our dedicated my Social Security-Hotline. To reach this hotline, call 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778), Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. At the voice prompt, say “helpdesk”. or contact your local Social Security office. Thanks!