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It’s easy to block someone on most social media apps. But what if someone’s bothering you with text messages or calls?
The good news is, you can block numbers from calling and sending you texts without a third-party app. Smartphones and other text supporting mobile devices today allow you to block specific phone numbers by using a built-in feature. It’s available and easily accessible on most models.
Here’s how to enable this option on different devices.
The steps might vary depending on the operating system your phone is running, or the model you’re using. However, the process should be more or less similar on all Android devices. Follow the instructions below to block messages from specific numbers:
Note that you’ll also block this person from calling you by default.
Some Android versions and phone models might have the option to block a person directly from your chat with them. Look for a menu within the conversation before you opt for another way of blocking that person’s messages.
Apple also made sure iOS users can stop people from disturbing them by enabling the message block option. Here’s how to block text messages from specific phone numbers. Note that the steps may differ depending on your iOS model. Apple’s official website offers instructions for 12 and 13 OS versions.
However, if you want to block a specific phone number, you can do it from your messaging app.
You can always check who you’ve blocked by following these steps:
If you also want to block certain people or groups of people from calling you, here’s how to do it on different phones.
Android users can automatically block a number from calling them when they block their text messages. However, there’s another way to block calls coming from a specific person.
You can’t block a specific number this way, so you need to go through the messaging app. However, you can go back to your list of calls, tap a contact and hold until a pop-up menu appears. Then select Block contact from this menu, and this contact will be added to your blocked people list.
You can block a number from calling you in a few easy steps. Here’s what to do:
Be aware that a blocked person can leave you a voicemail. And you won’t receive any notifications about it. The person who’s trying to call you won’t know that you’ve blocked them because they don’t receive notifications about a message not being delivered.
Blocking people from sending you text messages is a convenient option enabled by Android and iOS operating systems. Not only does this save you from stalkers, but it also keeps your phone spam-free. You won’t have to deal with unwanted ads or any other type of spam messages anymore.
Have you already tried blocking a specific number from sending you texts? Let us know how it worked in the comments section below.
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