Then, tap Block Contact. Many mobile carriers provide services and additional settings to help their customers block messages from specific numbers, like those from telemarketers. We recommend checking these ones out if you decide to go with that option, but be aware of the potential privacy issues inherent with sharing your contacts.
Should I Answer? It includes an active forum that reviews and rates various phone numbers, as well as sharing other information, which makes it easy to tell if a phone number is legitimate, a bot, telemarketer, or a scam. Yes, this text-blocking software accesses your contacts.
However, the developer promises your contacts remain private without shares or uploads, and contacts are only accessed to check against incoming phone calls.
This call-blocking app works off a massive database with millions of phone numbers to identify and flag telemarketers, robocalls, fraudsters, and debt collectors. This app lets you make a list to block numbers or reverse-search numbers from your phone calls log. The company guarantees they will never sell your contacts and can only access them to form white lists and match information.
Still take a look at the privacy policy to be on the safe side. You will once again receive phone calls, text messages, and FaceTime requests from this contact. This option is only available if you did not delete the conversation you were having with the contact after you blocked them.
Click on the conversation with the contact you would like to unblock. This will unblock the contact. Method 3. While this will prevent you from seeing notifications from the conversation, you will still receive the SMS text messages and be able to view them later.
This feature applies to group and one-on-one messages. Slide the toggle from grey off to green on. You will continue to receive texts in this thread but you will not receive notifications. A crescent moon icon will appear next to the thread in your Messages app.
Method 4. This mode allows you to temporarily suspend noises and notifications associated with SMS text messages, phone calls, and FaceTime requests. Swipe up from the bottom to the top of your screen. The iPhone control panel will appear. Press on the crescent moon icon. It will turn from grey to white.
It will turn from white to grey. Method 5. The contact will remain unaware that you blocked them. The contact's name and information will still be available to you through your contacts list. Click on the three-dot icon. Block Through the Carrier. You need to scroll to the very bottom if you have lots of existing blocked numbers.
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