Block my name from appearing when I make a phone call or receive a phone call

There are several scenarios.

Incoming calls:

• On an iPhone if the incoming number is in your contacts the name is displayed; there is no way to change the way this works
• If the incoming number is not in your contacts, the number is displayed
• In some cases your carrier will add a label such as “suspected spam” instead of, or in addition to the phone number
• If the CALLER has blocked their caller ID you will see one of these: Private, Blocked, No Caller ID

Outgoing calls:

• If you call another smartphone and your number is in their contacts it will display your name; there is no way to change this
• Normally, your carrier sends your name and phone number; If you only want them to send your number and not your name you need to call them and ask them to make that change
• If you don’t want your number to be sent at all you can go to Settings/Phone/Show My Caller ID and turn it off
• If turning it off doesn’t work you will have to call your carrier and ask them to make this change
• If you only want to block your number to for specific calls, enter *67 immediately before the number: e.g., *67 555 555 5555
• If you have AT&T in the US or you are in other countries than the US you may have to use #31# instead of *67 - experiment
• If you call a toll-free number there is no way to block your caller ID

I think that covers most situations.

Hi,

When you make a call, your name displaying will depend on who you call: if the person added you in their contacts, and named you, your name will appear on their screen when you’ll call.

I however don’t understand when it comes to incoming calls: when someone calls you, your name isn’t supposed to appear, is it?

You covered more than all possibilities, but you did it well 😉 Let’s say I didn’t get I had to explain all details of making and receiving phone calls - it’s not obvious for everyone, and you answered perfectly haha.

Your question wasn’t crystal clear.

Remi_202DC wrote:

Your question wasn’t crystal clear.

That’s why I covered all possibilities I could think of 😏