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How to check your EPF balance

EPFO lists three ways to check your provident fund balance: a missed call, an SMS, or logging in to the EPF passbook with your UAN and password. To use online services you need an activated UAN.

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What you need

  • Your UAN (Universal Account Number)
  • For the passbook: an activated UAN and its password

By missed call or SMS

  1. Give a missed call to 9966044425.
  2. Or send an SMS in the format EPFOHO UAN <LAN> to 7738299899, with your UAN in place of UAN. The page shows <LAN> for a language code but does not list the codes.

In the EPF passbook

  1. Open the EPF Passbook & Claim Status page.
  2. Sign in with your UAN and password to see your balance and transaction history.

If your UAN is not active yet

  1. Use Activate UAN on the EPFO member portal.
  2. The member portal says UAN activation can also be done through the UMANG app.

Good to know

  • The EPFO help desk toll free number shown on the passbook page is 1800118005.
  • EPFO says it never calls members to ask for Aadhaar, PAN, bank details, OTP or any payment.

Official sources

Last checked: 4 October 2026. Ask India is not a government website. Confirm on the official page before you act.

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