"Block Caller" option is missing in iOS 26.0.1 on my iPhone SE

Have you tried doing Settings > Apps > Phone > Blocked Contacts (scroll way down)? It shows on my iPhone SE 2020 running 26.0.1:

It also shows when I get info on an unknown caller in "Recents" from the Phone app:

To place issues before an Apple employee, you must use this feedback link:

Feedback - iPhone - Apple

IdrisSeabright wrote:

da klein wrote:

On my SE 2022 when I do scroll down there is no option to block calls from the "Calls" page on my iPhone.

You don't block from the "Calls" page directly. You tap on the entry in Calls and you should see a screen like this:

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/7901fd1e-3461-41f8-b6f3-004d1778c920

You have to scroll all the way down to the bottom of that screen, past what's initially visible.

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/e3ba1111-d692-4c06-a25e-911d3dbdd940

If I scroll on my SE3 with Lebara provider, yes you're right. It's there.

If I scroll on my SE3 with Spusu provider, there is nothing after the Call History and Add Name lines.

The annoying thing is I have no idea if the situation is new to 26, I really didn't take notice in 18.

I've discovered that if I repeat the pressing of the Home button and re-open the Phone app a second time, the Block Caller is there!

I have two iphones on ios 26.1, one has block caller, one does not.

The difference? Cell providers.

UK

LD150 wrote:

If I scroll on my SE3 with Lebara provider, yes you're right. It's there.

If I scroll on my SE3 with Spusu provider, there is nothing after the Call History and Add Name lines.

The annoying thing is I have no idea if the situation is new to 26, I really didn't take notice in 18.

That is so weird. It's very much not something I would have thought was controlled by the carrier.

I only have one phone on one carrier, so I can't check anything else.

da klein wrote:

I have a SE2 that I use with Verizon that HAD the "Block Caller" option located from the Recents page. This was prior to Apple's iOS update to 26 et al, I might add. If I follow LD150's suggestion of Dec. 4, 2025 post and click "Details" all I get is a gray screen all the way to the bottom of the screen. Here again I am able to do the long version by going to Settings; Apps; Phone; Call Blocking & ID block calls blah, blah, blah, but that's inconvenient as one should be able to Block directly from the individual "Call Info" page. I've made two feedback posts over as many months. Plus, since the iOS 26 update my battery life has decreased even though I have all the bells and whistles turned off.

And yet the option exists for me, with Verizon on my iPhone 17 Pro. Weird.

Have you talked to Verizon about this?

Sorry to hear that, da klein. You're updated to iOS 26.1 - correct?

(I was never on 26.0 - I updated my phone from the previous version of iOS, prior to 26x)

If you are on 26.1, maybe a complete full shutdown of your phone and a restart might help (??)

Wonder if it's a Carrier issue? I'm using Verizon.

I'm also noticing that if I was the one who made the call to a number that isn't in my Contacts, or if the number is in my Contacts and I now want to block it, the "Block" icon isn't visible in Phone app "Recents", using the swipe left option. Can only see the "Reminder" and "Trash" icons.

Also, if I want to unblock a number, I just saw that I have to do manually it thru an iOS Setting. Can't do it in the Phone app:

"Privacy & Security" > "Blocked Contacts", then manually delete the number.

As I mentioned above, a restart shows the Block Button on the call info screen, but only once. If you go back to Recents then press Info again that option doesn't show the second time.

Phone 'Recents' shows the phone number I want to block at the top of the list. When I select the Info icon next to the number a new screen comes up as Unknown plus the number, but scrolling down does not display a block contact option.

I have an iPhone 13 and just updated to IOS 26.0.1 and do not have this problem but a friend has an IPHONE SE and upgraded and does have this problem with being unable to block calls from the calls list view. Is this problem associated to specific models? And has Apple acknowledged the bug?

I’m having the same issue with my IPhone 17 Pro Max. When I tap the info button next to the number I want to block, there is no block option. Is this a software/update issue? I just installed the newest update and that didn’t resolve the problem.