---
title: "Bulk update phone number profiles"
method: POST
path: "/messaging_numbers_bulk_updates"
tags: ["Number Settings"]
---

# Bulk update phone number profiles

`POST /messaging_numbers_bulk_updates`

Starts a bulk update of messaging-profile assignments for the supplied phone numbers. The response identifies the order used to monitor processing.

## Request body

- BulkMessagingSettingsUpdatePhoneNumbersRequest
  - `messaging_profile_id` string, required — Configure the messaging profile these phone numbers are assigned to: * Set this field to `""` to unassign each number from their respective messaging profile * Set this field to a quoted UUID of a messaging profile to assign these numbers to that messaging profile
  - `numbers` string[], required — The list of phone numbers to update.
  - `assign_only` boolean — If true, only assign numbers to the profile without changing other settings.

## Response `200`

Successful response with details about messaging bulk update phone numbers.

- object
  - `data` BulkMessagingSettingsUpdatePhoneNumbers
    - `record_type` 'messaging_numbers_bulk_update' — Identifies the type of the resource.
    - `order_id` string, uuid — Order ID to verify bulk update status.
    - `success` string[] — Phoned numbers updated successfully.
    - `pending` string[] — Phone numbers pending to be updated.
    - `failed` string[] — Phone numbers that failed to update.

## Other responses

- `4XX` — Unexpected error

## Changes

> 99 revisions in range; 1 not diffed.

- **2026-08-17** `1571b0380bd7` — 3 breaking
  - the response's body type changed from `object` to no type for status `4XX`
  - the `errors/items/` response's property type changed from `object` to no type for status `4XX`
  - the `errors/items/code` response's property type changed from `integer` to `string`, and format from `int32` to no format for status `4XX`
- **2026-08-04** `8f5f4e537994` — 4 breaking
  - the response's body type changed from no type to `object` for status `4XX`
  - the `errors/items/` response's property type changed from no type to `object` for status `4XX`
  - the `errors/items/code` response's property type changed from `string` to `integer`, and format from no format to `int32` for status `4XX`
  - the `errors/items/source/pointer` response's property format changed from `json-pointer` to no format for status `4XX`

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/team-telnyx/apis/telnyx-api-2/changes/messaging_numbers_bulk_updates/post.md)

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