One of the most useful innovations in iOS 7 is the blacklist. Now you can easily block an annoying subscriber using standard methods without resorting to third-party applications or additional services. An unwanted number can be added to the "black list" in three ways.
Add iPhone contact to blacklist
If you have an unwanted interlocutor among your contact list, you can block him as follows:
Launch the standard Phone application. We select the Contacts section in it and find the subscriber who annoys you. After selecting a contact, scroll down the page with its information, where the Block subscriber button is located, click on it.
A warning appears:
You won't be able to receive phone calls, messages, or FaceTime calls from people on your blocked list.
Exactly what is needed. Confirm - Block the contact. Now the annoying interlocutor will not be able to bother you, at least from this number.
Block the number that is not in the contacts of the iPhone
If a person turned out to be very stubborn and used an unknown number for calls, then he can also be blocked:
We use all the same Phone application, only now we go to the Recent section. We find among the numbers the one that needs to be placed on the “black list”, and click the “i” icon opposite it. We get to the page with the data of an unknown subscriber, scroll down the page and click Block subscriber. Voila! More from this number will not get through to you and will not send SMS-ku.
We block the number through "Messages"
If you are pestered with SMS messages or sent tons of spam, it is very easy to deal with this. Any contact can be sent to the "black list" directly in messages. Moreover, he will be able to send SMS, but they will never reach you. Here's what you need to do:
Launch the Messages application and select the correspondence with the same restless interlocutor. Click on the top right Contact. A panel will appear where you need to press "i". Scroll down the page again and click Block subscriber. That's all.
How to edit iPhone blacklist?
If you need to view the entire list of blocked numbers, look for it in the Settings app:
Actually, launch the Settings application, select the Phone section and scroll down until the Blocked message appears. This is where all the subscribers you dislike are stored. Right here you can add or remove numbers from the "black list". Now you do not have to be distracted by the calls of an annoying interlocutor. Once on the "black list", he will hear only short beeps and think that the line is busy.
Any of us from time to time is faced with annoying or unwanted calls that throw us out of peace of mind. Usually such calls are dealt with by dropping the call or mute, but these methods are not very effective. Instead, it's better to block the unwanted phone number permanently and forget about it.
Earlier versions of the iOS operating system did not have a blacklist and had to use third-party applications to block unwanted calls. But, with the release of iOS 7, this problem was solved and now on the iPhone you can block a phone number using the built-in tools.
In this article, you will learn how to do this. The material will be useful for all iPhone models that run iOS 7 or newer version of iOS, and these are iPhone 4, 4s, 5, 5s, 6, 6s, 7, 8 and iPhone X.
How to block a phone number from your contacts list
In order to block a phone number on an iPhone, open the "Phone" application and go to the "Contacts" section. Here you need to find a contact with whom you do not want to communicate, and click on it.
As a result, you will be taken to a page with information about the selected contact. Here you need to scroll to the very end of the page and click on the "Block subscriber" button there.
After that, a pop-up window will appear asking you to confirm the blocking of this phone number. Here we just click on the "Block contact" button.
That's all, you have added the selected number to the blacklist and now it is completely blocked. Now all calls, SMS messages and Facetime calls from a subscriber with this phone number will be automatically dropped.
How to block a phone number from recent calls
In addition, you can block a phone number directly from the list of recent calls without adding an unwanted caller to your contacts list.
To do this, open the Phone app and go to the Recents section. As a result, you will see a list of calls that you recently made from your iPhone. In this list, you need to find the phone number that you would like to block, and click on the button with the letter "i" next to this number.
This will take you to a page with information about this phone number. In order to block it, you need to scroll the page to the very end and click on the "Block subscriber" button there.
These simple manipulations are enough to add a phone number to the blacklist and completely block all communication options.
Where is the blacklist on iPhone
If you decide to pardon a previously blocked phone number, then you need to open the blacklist and remove the number you need from it. To do this, open the "Settings" application and go to the "Phone" section.
And then you need to open the "Blocked" subsection.
This will open the blacklist of phone numbers. There are two main buttons here, they are "Edit" and "Add New". As you might guess, using the "Add New" button you can add new numbers to the black list, and using the "Edit" button you can edit the list. In order to remove a phone number from the black list, you need to click on the "Edit" button.
After that, you need to delete the phone number that you want to unblock and click on the "Finish" button.
After that, the phone number will be unblocked and will be able to reach you again.
Hello everyone, dear readers and users of Apple mobile devices. Today I will tell you how to correctly add subscribers to the blacklist on your iPhone. To begin with, so that you understand what this is about, I will tell you what a blacklist is and what it is used for.
Blacklist - a list of contacts in your iPhone who are forbidden to call and send SMS to your phone. With an incoming call from a subscriber from the black list, the caller will have short beeps, i.e. for such subscribers your number will always be busy.
I have split the locking capability into three sections, namely:
- Blocking from the call log. This is a way to add a subscriber to the blacklist on your iPhone, if the number you want to block is not in your phone book on your iPhone;
- Blocking from the phone book. If the subscriber you want to block is in your phone book, then this method of adding him to the black list will be the easiest;
- Blocking via SMS. Suitable if you need to block a subscriber who constantly sends you unnecessary SMS or is engaged in SPAM.
So, choose a suitable method for yourself and start adding unnecessary contacts to the black list.
From call log
To block unwanted contacts from the call log interface, you need to do the following:
From the phone book
To add a subscriber to the blacklist from the phone book on your iPhone, you need to do the following:
Via SMS
If a subscriber annoys you with messages or constantly sends spam, then you can easily block him.
It is very easy to do this:
- Select the app called “Messages”;
- Now you need to open a correspondence with the subscriber you want to block, add to the black list;
- At the top, to the right of the number, you can see the "Details" link, click on it;
- Now click on the icon with the letter i;
- Go down to the very bottom of the page and block the subscriber by clicking on the appropriate button.
That's all for me, if you have any questions, then ask them in the comments. See you.
Greetings! Do you get bored with calls from strange people? Or obsessive SMS spam is constantly pouring on your iPhone? A great way to insulate yourself from these problems is to use a blacklist on your iPhone. The coolest thing is that you do not need to install additional programs and applications, pay any money, use the services of mobile operators - you just need to pick up the phone and just block the subscriber!
Cool stuff? Certainly. It will be hard? Not a bit - even a child can handle it. Will it take a long time? No, no, and again no - a couple of minutes maximum. How to do it? Now I will tell and show you in all the details - the instruction is already here. Go!
But first, let's consider the main advantages of such a blacklist:
- Integrated into iOS natively. That is, blocking an unwanted number is possible immediately after your gadget.
- The list of "illegal" numbers is saved along with the backup (no difference, it was created with or) and will be returned to the device when restoring (or from the clouds). Attention! For any other, it will be necessary to enter the numbers in the emergency situation again.
- Everything is free! Nobody will take the money for sure.
Let's get down to business and find out how to block a subscriber on an iPhone (if you want to delete it completely, read on). We go to the desktop - select the item phone ("recent", "favorites", "missed" - it doesn't matter, any will suit us) or SMS.
You need to look at the information about the contact (opposite any number there is an icon - the letter i in a blue circle, feel free to click on it!).
Detailed information opens - we scroll down the screen, and we see the cherished inscription - block the subscriber.
What will happen after that?
- For telephone conversations, the caller will hear short beeps (as if the network is busy).
- SMS just won't come.
But what if you added someone by mistake? Everything can be fixed, for this it is important to know where the blacklist is on the iPhone. It's easy to find it, in the settings we select the item phone, then - blocked. Here they are - "unwanted" people! Editing if desired ...
Updated! Thanks to Andrey and his comment. Now the menu item, which contains all the numbers added to the emergency, is called not “Blocked”, but “Block. and identif. call ". I won't change the picture - sorry :)
But what if your number is blacklisted, but you really need to get through?
Here you cannot do without the help of the operator, we connect the anti-caller ID service (most likely it will be paid, then check with the operator's subscriber service). After that we call whom and when we want!
And finally, personal experience of use :) You know, I am practically not annoyed with unnecessary calls and "useful" messages, but the blacklist on my iPhone 5s is far from empty. Q, I just talked about what prompted me to add some numbers to the Blacklist. Why do you need a lock? Let us know in the comments!
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