Blocked Contacts Limit Reached

Kayak_Salida wrote:

My contact list was blocked after Apple sent me an upgrade. It’s another software bug that Apple.com is becoming famous for. **** sad. Time to switch phone manufacturers.

That is a great idea, also review the Android/Samsung Support forums and you will find posts there saying users are going to switch to the iPhone. Nobody really cares what you do. I bet you can even find a promotion from a cell provider that will give you a free phone and/or pay for you to switch to them.

OK, I need to know how to delete all the blocked numbers or emails that I have on my phone and I’ll never use it again because obviously it’s it’s not really unnecessary thing to do because it doesn’t do anything. How do I delete them all?

DAVEKK wrote:

OK, I need to know how to delete all the blocked numbers or emails that I have on my phone and I’ll never use it again because obviously it’s it’s not really unnecessary thing to do because it doesn’t do anything. How do I delete them all?

Read the thread. It's only two pages long.

Why does there need to be a limit at all? We are constantly inundated with spammers, phishers and other bad actors. There is no limit to how many of these people will try to contact us so there should be no limit on how many are blocked. This setting needs to go away completely. If this is truly an iPhone only issue, this is enough to make me leave and get an android after being a 15 year iPhone user. Fix it now!

slssteele wrote:

Why does there need to be a limit at all? We are constantly inundated with spammers, phishers and other bad actors. There is no limit to how many of these people will try to contact us so there should be no limit on how many are blocked. This setting needs to go away completely.

Please go back and read the thread from the beginning. It has been explained repeatedly why blocking spammers is basically pointless.

If this is truly an iPhone only issue, this is enough to make me leave and get an android after being a 15 year iPhone user.

No one here cares if you switch to an Android. Buy whatever tool best meets your needs.

Fix it now!

This is a user-to-user forum. No one here can "fix" anything. You can let Apple know all of your thoughts on the matter here:

Product Feedback - Apple

slssteele wrote:

Why does there need to be a limit at all? We are constantly inundated with spammers, phishers and other bad actors. There is no limit to how many of these people will try to contact us so there should be no limit on how many are blocked. This setting needs to go away completely. If this is truly an iPhone only issue, this is enough to make me leave and get an android after being a 15 year iPhone user. Fix it now!

This is what happens when you don't read past the first post of the thread. Read the thread. It's been explained why. And we don't honestly care if you buy an Android. Of course they have no aggravations at all (LOL). But they did at least figure out why some of them spontaneously caught on fire, so that's good.

slssteele wrote:

If this is truly an iPhone only issue, this is enough to make me leave and get an android after being a 15 year iPhone user.

I have a little secret: Android phones have a limit also.

And here’s a useful note from Google about email blocking:

• Blocking vs. marking as spam: Blocking stops one specific address; marking as spam additionally trains email provider's filter to catch similar messages 

dannakari wrote:

I’ve eliminated 800 blocked numbers, but I still can’t add a spam number. It always says I’ve reached capacity.

Here is some advice from Google. basically it says that it is foolish to block spam numbers:

• Blocking vs. marking as spam: Blocking stops one specific address; marking as spam additionally trains email provider's filter to catch similar messages 

Kayak_Salida wrote:

Exactly! Thank you. This is what millions of us have been saying. Yes, blocking DOES make a difference.

Before agreeing with the Author of this thread, take the time to read the thread. It's only 3 pages and it's been explained that blocking Spam calls is a waste of time, effort and simply doesn't work.

Chris Winkler1 wrote:

How do you mark them as SPAM? I am unable to mark any calls or texts as SPAM, please help me learn how to do it.

17 Pro Max, iOS 26.6

For a message open the message app, swipe from right to left on the message, tap the red trashcan, then tap Delete and Report Spam.

For phone calls, open recents and again swipe from right to left and tap the hand to report the call as spam.

Chris Winkler1 wrote:

So just touching the trashcan does it vs sliding it all the way off? I touched it and it went away w/o any ability to mark as SPAM.

FYI

I'm assuming you're referring to phone calls? Some calls don't offer the hand, while some do. I don't honestly know why some won't. But for text messages, you almost always have the option to tap Delete and Report Spam.

this has happened to me, I had over 4000 blocked numbers and emails which I am certain I have not blocked that many, I have a new phone so possibly could not have done that many. It says to delete blocked numbers and or emails which I have done over 2000 and I still can not block another number. How dumb with the technology that we have to delete one at a time. So frustrating.

I am using Iphone 15 Pro Max & Macbook M3 Pro Max with exchange account for both contacts & emails

I have also 3400 blocked contacts. After updating receive the "Blocked contact Limit reached"

How can i delete/unblock old blocked contacts to create the sapce on iphone to block new contacts manualy.

Also Blocked contacts in Iphone & Mac Mail (Settings>Jun>Blocked contacts) are different & are not syncing

It’s stupid… there shouldn’t be a limit on how many contacts is blocked. Mine also says I’ve reached the limit in closed to 10,000 with numbers and emails. I do it for all spam emails and phone calls.

Since I saw this post, I decided to try to delete my blocked contacts because I have received that message before. And then, instead of saving the blocked contact, I’ve just been deleting them all. But that probably doesn’t help at all. I would like to check if there’s a way to delete blocked contacts without re-adding them to your contacts before deleting??