People are usually in search of the most effective ways to block a phone number, email address, or contact from reaching them. Sometimes, the disturbance we get from a particular contact can put us in such a position where we have no choice other than to block such a number from ever gaining access to us.
This article will reveal how to block any number saved on your Android phone and iPhone. You will also see how to block email addresses on both android and iPhone.
You may have numbers you did not save on your device reaching out to you and disturbing you. There are also ways you can have them blocked for life.
How to Block a Number on Android
Here is how to block numbers that are not saved on your Android phone.
- Launch your phone app and locate the number you want to block.
- Bring up the details of the number by clicking the icon next to the number
- Click on the three dots to the top-right of your screen. It would load up an options menu.
- In the options, click on the block number. A notification would appear asking you to confirm your action.
- Click on block
How to Block a Contact on Android
Here is how to block contact that you have already saved on your android device.
- Launch your contact app: google contact or phone contact app
- Scroll through the contact and Locate the contact you want to block
- Click on the contact. Details of the contact would load up on your screen
- Look to the top right corner of your screen, and you will find three dots
- Click on the three dots, and it would bring up an options menu
- Lock through the options and locate the options that say block number.
- Click on block numbers.
- A notification would pop up on your screen asking you to confirm that you wish to block the number.
- Click on block
How To Block a Number on iPhone
Here is how to block a number not saved on your iPhone.
- launch your phone app: the app you use when you make calls or view call log
- Once in the phone app, go to your recent call by clicking the clock-like icon at the bottom of the screen. It would load up all the numbers that called your line not quite long.
- Locate the number you wish to block and click the “i” icon to the right of the contact.
- The button would load up detailed information about the caller and show you some other options.
- Look to the bottom of the screen, and you will see an option written in red “Block this Caller.”
- Click this option, and you’ll see a pop-up notification with an option to block the contact or cancel. It would also notify you that you would not receive phone calls from the blocked contact.
- Click on block contact. Once you click this option, the screen would reload the contact details you just blocked but the “block this caller” option would now read: “unblock this caller”.
How To Block a Contact on iPhone
If the caller is already on your contact list, here is how the block the contact:
- Go to your contact list from your phone app. Your contact list is the middle icon at the bottom of your screen when you are in your phone app.
- Scroll to the number you wish to block and tab on it.
- Click the “i” icon to the right of the contact.
- Look to the bottom of the screen, and you will see an option written in red “Block this Caller.”
- Click this option, and you’ll see a pop-up notification with an option to block the contact or cancel. It would also notify you that you would not receive phone calls from the blocked contact.
- Click on block contact.
How to Block an Email Address on an Android Gmail Account
- Launch the Gmail app on your iPhone
- locate the email from the email address you would like to block
- Click on the email
- Click on the three dots beside the sender’s details near the top of your screen.
- The options menu would pop up on your screen to block emails from the particular sender.
- Click on the block option.
How to Block an Email Address on iPhone Inbuilt Mail App
- Launch your email app navigate to the email you want to block, and click on the email
- click twice on the email details at the top of the email. It would bring up the options page. The third option on the page is the block option.
- Click on the block option and click on confirm from the notification that pops up on your screen.
- Once you click on the lock, you will stop receiving messages from this sender.