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2 Ways to Block Phone Calls on iPhone

By Michael | Last Updated

As we all know, it is very annoying and frustrating to get continuous phone calls from unknown people, especially from the salesperson or advertisers. Well, are you using an iPhone device? If yes, thankfully, you can block those callers easily from Apple's mobile operating system. In this article, you will learn 2 ways to block phone calls on iPhone which is in iOS 7 or later.

  1. Way 1: Block Phone Calls from iPhone Contacts
  2. Way 2: Block Crank Calls from Unknown People

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Way 1: Block Phone Calls from iPhone Contacts

After taking call-blocking utility into consideration, Apple has achieved this by now. This feature has been put into effect on all versions of iOS since the release of iOS 7, which allows users to block calls, messages and FaceTime quickly without any other software. For those people who use iPhone 4 and later version, iPad 2 and later version, iPad Mini and the fifth-generation iPod touch, they can block phone calls simply from the system settings.

Step 1: Update your iOS system.

Firstly, you should make sure that you are using the latest iOS system. You can download and install it via iTunes.

Step 2: Go to the Call Blocking menu.

Click the main Settings icon and find the Call Blocking menu which is different in different iOS version. For the iPhone in iOS 11 or later, they can be found by scrolling down to Phone. On the earlier version, go to General > Phone. Then, you will find the Call Blocking & Identification option. Click it and it will lead you to the page where you can add the photo number you want to block.

enter phone settings

Step 3: Block the phone number.

Click the blue Block Contact button and enter the phone number to block.

block phone calls on iphone

Notice: If you want to unblock a user, in step 3, you can find the Edit button in the top-right corner of the Call Blocking & Identification page. Click it and you will find there is a red subtraction sign along the locked user. Click it and tap Unlock button in the following to make sure your unblock action.

Way 2: Block Crank Calls from Unknown People

Step 1: Open Recents and tap the Info icon (i.e. the inverted exclamation icon).

open recents and tap info icon

Step 2: Locate and select Block this Caller.

choose block this caller

Step 3: Click Block Contact to finish the setting.

click block contact

With this method, you can effectively block harassing calls received from unknown sources.

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