It is very likely that you have ever received an annoying call from any of your contacts or an unknown number announcing some products or services that do not interest you, or for some reason you ended up badly with a friend or your partner and do not want to return to have any type of communication with that person, by message, phone call or video call.
On many occasions it happens that you have given your phone number to someone and later you regret this and the only way to repair everything is by getting rid of them and this can be done by blocking the phone number.
The objective of all this is to be able to organize your contact agenda only with a list of numbers which will be authorized to make calls or send SMS texts . However, you should keep in mind that if you are constantly receiving calls from unknown phone numbers, we recommend that you do not do any of the methods that we will explain below so that you can get rid of those contacts you do not want to have.
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Steps to block a contact on iPhone or iPad and not receive calls or messages
If you have already made the decision to block someone from your Smartphone, this means that that person will not be able to contact you again through your iPhone or iPad . The mobile operating system is responsible for restricting the entry of any message, call or video call belonging to that number automatically.
On the other hand, if that person tries to contact you it will always appear that your number is busy. Thanks to today’s technology and if you are an iPhone user you will have the opportunity to carry out this process, for this there are different methods which we will teach you step by step.
From the phone book
If you have made the decision not to allow someone who already has it added to your Smartphone and thus cut off any type of relationship with that person you can do it through your phone book . If you already have the registered number you just have to follow the following steps:
- To start we must open the application of « Settings» of your mobile and we will click on the option of TelephonePhone.
- Then we will see a series of options where we will choose the one of « Blocked contacts».
- Now we are going to click on the tab « Add new…».
- Now the list of our contacts will appear, you must find the person you want to block and select it, keep in mind that you can select several contacts at once.
In this way you can block that person you do not want to have on your device, the contact will automatically go to the block list and when you receive a message or call from that number, your phone only it will automatically ignore it.
In case you do not have the number registered in your phonebook and do not want to save it, but you are constantly receiving annoying calls and messages, you can block it directly from one of the incoming calls. This option can be more effective and easier than the previous one, the only difference is that now that contact number is not registered in the device.
To carry out this method you just have to follow these steps:
- To start we must start the application « Telephone» and we will click on « Recent or Recent Calls » located at the bottom of the screen.
- Next we will look for the phone number that we are going to ignore from our iPhone. To do this we will click on the icon that has the letter i in blue to the right of the number.
- Now a new menu will appear, there we will select the one that says « Block this contact».
- Then a confirmation message will appear in which we will press again on the « Block contact» button, this time it will appear in a red color.
Once all this has been confirmed, that person’s number will already be blocked and he will not be able to contact you again.
With call blocking applications
Keep in mind that not everyone has the ability to update your iPhone to iOS 7 , because there are some hardware limitations that may present these devices, in this way they will not be able to update their Smartphone and they will not be able to enjoy these methods mentioned above, which will appear for iOS versions 7,8,9,10 and later .
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However, for them there is an application called iBlacklist which does a very good job in terms of rejecting calls and text messages to specific contacts. If you want to block someone from your contacts through this application here we show you how, keep in mind that it is a long process and can be difficult.
- To start you must navigate the iBlacklist application , this must be done when you have already jailbroken your mobile.
- Then you must access the Cydia application, the third-party app software available on the iOS platform, that is, the Apple Store alternative.
- You have to download and install it , carefully follow all the instructions and when it is already operational on your Smartphone click on the close window . You may have to reboot your device to save the changes and take effect.
- Once you have restarted your phone you will open the application, there you can add a new contact using the Add New Blacklist option and then select « Import From Address Book» in case we want to block the entire list. To do so with a specific contact, we will select « General BL» and in the menu another list of contacts, messages and recent calls will appear where you can search for the phone number we want.
Once this is done you can make sure that everything has been fine, for that the calls icon should appear in red. This application also offers you the alternative to not allow MMS, enable and disable the Facetime with digital switches and SMS.
You can set some options to block calls , this application gives you the possibility that you decide what you can do when a call comes to your phone. You can accept it, answer, hang up, send a signal from the busy line or block before the call enters, when you decide you can close the contact and all changes will be saved automatically.
How to block hidden calls from strangers on my iPhone?
This method is not very frequent when you want to block a contact, but it is also an alternative to carry it out. It is also known as the “Do not disturb” method in this way you can avoid any incoming call from an unknown number.
If you want to carry out this alternative and that in this way no unknown number bothers you, just follow the following instructions:
- To start you must go to « Settings » and click on « Do not disturb «.
- Then you must dial « Manual «, it will activate the «Do not disturb» mode, thus silencing your Smartphone and this being will be reflected through a moon that will appear at the top of the screen.
- Now to customize it you must press activate « Allow calls from» and select the contacts you want to communicate with you, if you want to select them All you just have to click on the “ All contacts” option, which would be your entire list of the agenda. In this way, only your contacts could call you or send you text messages, thus blocking incoming calls from any unknown number.
Keep in mind that this method silences your iPhone completely , so you must configure it so that it is only silent when the device is locked, that is, when you are not using it.