How do I turn off Call Screening on iPhone 13 with iOS 26?

Try to open Settings, and in the search field at the bottom, type "unknown." See if the Silence Unknown Callers menu appears in the results.

I found a solution that worked for me. Based on this YouTube video, the Call Screening feature may appear or not depending on the region set on your device.

So for those who activated it and want to deactivate it, you can try this. When I checked, it was already deactivated in my current region. Here’s the link for reference: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=suQ5KAAEotk

Just noting: this is not an official Apple method, but it shows how region settings can affect which features appear.

I turned off iOS 26 on my iPhone 13. Go to settings. Scroll to the bottom and click apps. Scroll down and click on Phone. Scroll down to call screening. Click on Never.

i'm using iphone 14 base model but it seems that the screen unknown callers are not in the phone settings. i accidentally tapped agreed when i saw the notif in the phone. but when i wanted to disable this, it is not there.

Settings > Apps > Phone > (scroll down about 2 screens) Screen Unknown Callers [Never | Ask Reason | Silence]

Same, there is no such button.

perfect.

JackSheppard wrote:

For goodness’ sake, please read the rest of the posts - there are no option to disable it.

The same issue here.

iPhone 13 mini. iOS 26.

yes there is How do I turn off Call Screening on iPhon… - Apple Community

Stilidid wrote:

Same. Under Silence Unknown Callers there's just a single on/off switch, not a choice of Never, Ask Reason for Calling, or Silence.

iPhone 13 Pro Max, iOS 26.2

Correct. That functionality is in the section above, "Screen unknown callers"

Stilidid wrote:

Same. Under Silence Unknown Callers there's just a single on/off switch, not a choice of Never, Ask Reason for Calling, or Silence.

iPhone 13 Pro Max, iOS 26.2

Maybe you can set your forum default sort order to "Oldest" in your user preferences to follow the thread as it was posted. Then read through it.

This option Screen unknown callers is not available in my iPhone 14pro, ios 26, I accidentally enabled the feature after system update but I wish to disable it

Go to settings>phone app>screen unknown callers>never I enabled it by agreeing to it when it popped up and then couldn’t find the button after that to stop it. This stops it.

How do i turn off call screening

Petenathan wrote:

How do i turn off call screening

For goodness’ sake, please read the rest of the posts

For goodness’ sake, please read the rest of the posts - there are no option to disable it.

The same issue here.

iPhone 13 mini. iOS 26.