Removing Phone Number from account information

[efficiondave]

To simplify the checkout process, we want to remove phone number from the Account fields. I'm sure I can modify the code to remove it but before I did this blindly, I was wondering:
1.) Is there a configuration option for hiding the phone number field
2.) Why is the phone number a required field? Are there credit card merchants or shippers that require it?
3.) Any drawbacks I should know about?

David

[William M]

Not sure, but back in the dark ages when I was entering addresses manually, Fed Ex required a phone number to generate a label. I suppose you could just drop yours into the field.

[efficiondave]

I'm still waiting for additional information on this? Anyone have any more info?

[mazhar]

1.) Is there a configuration option for hiding the phone number field

There is no config available to hide phone number. You need to make code changes to hide it.

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2.) Why is the phone number a required field? Are there credit card merchants or shippers that require it?
3.) Any drawbacks I should know about?

Check your payment provider requirements to make sure that they require it or not.

[efficiondave]

Thanks Mazhar. Exactly what I needed to know.