How to track phone link clicks with Google Analytics 4 and GTM

If you have phone number links on your website, you probably want to track when visitors click them. In this video, I will explain how to do this with Google Analytics 4 and Google Tag Manager.
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UPDATE: Google just changed how GA4 tags are managed in Google Tag Manager. GA4 configuration tag is no longer available. Learn more about the update here th-cam.com/video/1POi1BZxXwg/w-d-xo.html

[@sjmcleansj]

Hey - great video - extremely helpful as usual. I’ve been using the generate_lead event for events like this - do you recommend we just build our own event for phone clicks / email clicks etc? Stu

[@seomagento2]

thank you ! nice !

[@AllenNguyen-mo6cf]

great guide!

[@UniqueSundials]

I have used this on several sites and it works like a dream but I have a new site and it is not firing

[@scorpionmonarch]

Hi, any suggestions? Is there a way to track toll-free phone call? Thanks

[@phkoon]

Now Google has killed the "Click to Call" feature for non-mobile devices

[@Monirul_IslamBD]

hi Julius, so when creating the trigger, should I enable 'Wait for Tags' checkbox?

[@wordsofwisdom_]

Is it applicable for all browsers? Tried it already but it only works for google chrome. Thank you.

[@rhodderz87]

Thanks Julius. I have a random question linked to this. It's not something I'd thought about when tracking phone number or email address clicks, but a client (who was previously client side) mentioned this today. I think I know the answer, but wanted to check.
Are the phone numbers and email addresses clicked examples of PII, and should subsequently be redacted in GA4? Or, as they are public facing phone numbers and email addresses on a website, this is not an issue?
In other words, are we okay to store phone numbers clicked into on the GA4, rather than just the total number of clicks?
Thanks jn advance 🙂

[@MichaelWatkins2013]

What would you have to add to get the name of the URL the phone # was clicked on?

[@DennisTheo]

how to track the organic call button click

[@furkansimsek33]

Great video, thank you for sharing :)

[@ILoveWordPress]

Always awesome. Thank you!

[@yusufkeziah5391]

Thanks for sharing

[@4_stroke993]

masterpiece

[@abmoxes]

Thanks

[@pashka2303_]

Thanks for your work

[@AmitGadge-e3l]

If we used the same button in footer section, Can this tag measure both calls from one tag?

[@AnalyticsMania]

Yes

[@ClarrenceMarketingism]

Hi, I'd like to ask why is the reports not 1:1 anymore? For example, Event count says 85 yet Total users is only 66. Shouldn't it be 85 event count and 85 total users?

[@AnalyticsMania]

Because some users might click multiple times?

[@badral-harbi5056]

​@@AnalyticsMania Can you give us the solution please