

LINE has received reports of LINE accounts being hacked after clicking links sent by someone pretending to be LINE. Do not use your birthday or phone number as a password, as they can be easily guessed.ĭon’t be tricked by fake emails and websites with alarming contents. To prevent such a risk, set a password that you don’t use elsewhere. Moreover, if you use the same password as you use for other services, people may be able to use your account using a password leaked from another service. If you give your password to other people, they will be able to use your account. Set a password that others don’t know and cannot guess easilyĪ password is a “key” that you set to prevent others from using your LINE account. If you create a new account with the same phone number, your original account will be deleted (including your friends list and purchased stickers).

If you delete the app by mistake, re-install the app and log in to your account again. However, even if you delete the app, your LINE account remains, with information such as your friends list and purchased stickers attached to it. When you delete the LINE app from your smartphone or PC, the chat history on the device will be deleted.

Your account remains even when you delete the app An account is necessary to communicate and use services such as stickers, games, and music streaming (Japan only) on LINE. Information such as who you are connected to on LINE and which stickers you have purchased is also connected to the account. Your account allows you to set a name and profile picture and other items, and choose how you want to be viewed by others on LINE. Your account is your “online identity” on LINE, created uniquely for a phone number registered at the time of signing up.
