In 2013, its very easy to block a phone number on Android from calling you but…. You will know that carriers don’t normally give this basic service for free and Android does not have a full built-in blocking option.
Fortunately, there are wide range of methods to block calls on Android device, if you are interacting with people that won’t stop you calling who won’t leave you alone sometimes.
Incorporated Cellphone Number-Blocking Options
Android has no capability to block calls from Google by default. Even so, Samsung phones and some other manufacturers add this feature to their custom skins.
Step By Step Guide: How to Block Unwanted Phone Numbers From Calling Your Android Phone
Step 1: Open the Phone app on a Samsung phone.
Step 2: Tap the Menu button, and navigate to Call settings -> Call rejection -> Auto reject list. You can check the Unknown option to automatically reject all calls from “Unknown” numbers or tap the Create button and add individual phone numbers you want to block to the list.
How To Silence Calls or Send Calls to Voicemail
If your phone is in your pocket, so Android give a way to have particular numbers always go to play a silent ringtone or your voice-mail to play a silent ringtone that will not disturb you.
You may still end up with voicemails from the number after set up this feature on Android device. If someone is continually leaving you voice-mail messages, this won’t stop them but this feature may be more than good enough for blocking the most annoying telemarketers.
Just add the number you want to block to your contacts to use this feature.
Step 1: Open the Dialer app
Step 2: Swipe over to the history tab, and tapping the number.
Step 3: Tap the Add to contacts option and the number will be added to your phone’s contacts.
Step No 4: Go through the contact-adding process and name the contact. You could also add a contact manually, not from the dialer — just ensure the contact is associated with the phone number you want to block.
Step No 5: Now go into the People app and tap the contact you added.
Step No 6: Now Tap the menu button and select All calls to voice-mail to automatically send the number’s calls to voice-mail or tap Set ringtone and select None to associate the caller with a silent ringtone.
How To Block Calls With a Third Party App
You can try using a third-party app like Mr. Number if you really wish to block calls and the feature is not already integrated in your Android. This is a very handy app to automatically effectively blocking calls, hang up on calls and preventing them from even getting to your voicemail.
Note: Third Party call apps for blocking calls have some mixed reviews. They do not seem to work properly for some folks, as this may depend on your specific Android phone.
How To Use Google Voice
If Mr. Number doesn’t work for you, then you may try another call-blocking app from Google Play given below. So if you are a Google Voice user, then you have the power to block calls from your Google Voice settings. Google Voice will play a message saying the number has been disconnected and this may even fool annoying callers into removing you from their spam lists.
Step 1: Just log in to your Google Voice Account
Step 2: Now locate the recent caller you want to block
Step 3: Click the More link, and select Block caller.
