Everyone has caller ID these days, but sometimes you want to block your phone number when you make a call. Fortunately, blocking your phone number is pretty easy to do - simply follow these steps for ...

Dial that code before the phone number, and it will temporarily deactivate caller ID. On the receiving end, caller ID will usually display “private number” because it has been blocked. The process is ...

Seeing 'No Caller ID' appear on your phone is annoying and scary - scammers typically use the disguise when ringing their victims. Apple has a hidden hack for iPhone users that lives in Settings that, ...

There are many reasons you would want to mask the number of your iPhone before you place a call. One of them, probably, is to secure your privacy. You may be trying to surprise a significant other, or ...

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Truecaller boasts a lot of features but fails to deliver on many of them. It will, at least block your unwanted calls and SMS messages. Truecaller sells itself as a social, crowd-sourced call and SMS ...

Do you get bothersome phone calls on your Verizon phone? You can do call and message blocking from 24/7 automated phone system call, spammers, cold callers, salespeople, or anybody else with whom you ...

In our prior discussions, we successfully navigated the intricacies of the iPhone settings to block unwanted calls from identified numbers. This is an incredibly helpful feature when you’re dealing ...

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Just because you carry a smartphone around all the time doesn't mean you want just anyone calling you. PrivacyStar (free in Google Play, optional subscription) aims ...