Surely on some occasion you have felt the harassment of a commercial telephone number offering you a product or service that is not of your interest. It’s also possible that you have some contact you don’t want to receive news from. That’s why in this article we show you how to block a number on iPhone.
Block phone numbers in iOS
When a phone number is blocked on an iPhone, incoming calls and messages from it are stopped. It is also prevented from making a video call through Facetime . The steps to follow to block a number in iOS are these:
- Open the Contacts application on the iPhone.
- Enter the contact information of the number you want to block.
- Click on Block this contact.
- You will receive a message telling you that ” You will not receive phone calls, messages or FaceTime calls from blocked contacts.” You must confirm here that you want to block the contact.
Once this is done you will have already blocked that contact. The good thing about this is that that person will not know that you have blocked him , since when he tries to call you he will hear the same tone that sounds when your phone communicates because he is on another call.
Check list of blocked contacts on iOS
It is likely that at a time of anger you could block certain contacts that you later want to unlock. The simplest option is to go back to the information of those contacts and press the option to unlock. However, you may not remember which contacts you blocked, so it will be useful to see them in a list.
To consult this list of blocked contacts you must follow these steps:
- Go to Settings> Phone.
- Go down and click on “Contacts”.
- Press “Edit” in the upper right and delete the phone you wish to unlock.
It should be noted that also from this last screen you can add new numbers to block by clicking on “Add new”.
If you look at the options available within the Phone settings, you will see an option called Block and Caller ID appear . What you will find is the possibility of allowing some apps to be able to block calls and identify them.
Stop receiving commercial calls on iPhone
The possibility of blocking specific telephone numbers can be useful to stop receiving commercial calls from the numbers you already know, however it will not prevent the reception of calls from other senders. Therefore there are some options that will prevent you from receiving this type of calls by law.
We are referring to Robinson lists , which are a database to which you can add your phone in order not to receive calls and messages for commercial purposes. Signing up for this list is completely free , and you can do it from the Robinson List website .
Once you are enrolled in these lists, companies will be aware of this and will not have your number available to make calls for purposes that are purely commercial. In case of receiving one of these calls it will be causing the company to commit a crime, so you can file a complaint.
