When will Apple allow a bulk removal of blocked phone numbers from iPhone and iPad? I could not add anymore numbers today. It showed I had over 3,000 blocked numbers.
With all the technology they put in these devices, you’d think they could program a way to remove bulk blocked numbers. This will take multiple days, if not longer, to remove.
I am not buying a Mac just to remove the phone numbers.
iPhone 16 Pro, iOS 26
There isn’t a bulk-unblock option on iPhone or iPad right now. Apple’s current iOS 26 instructions still show removing blocked entries one at a time.
No one here can say if or when Apple will add bulk removal. I’d send this as a feature request through Apple’s iPhone feedback page.
For future spam calls, I’d also look at Settings > Apps > Phone and use Call Screening or the Spam filter instead of manually blocking every number. That should help keep the blocked list from growing into the thousands again.
There isn’t a bulk-unblock option on iPhone or iPad right now. Apple’s current iOS 26 instructions still show removing blocked entries one at a time.
No one here can say if or when Apple will add bulk removal. I’d send this as a feature request through Apple’s iPhone feedback page.
For future spam calls, I’d also look at Settings > Apps > Phone and use Call Screening or the Spam filter instead of manually blocking every number. That should help keep the blocked list from growing into the thousands again.
victhemagician wrote:
I appreciate the quick response. Hopefully someone from Apple will respond to my comment.
I will use your suggestions once I remove the 2,800+ blocked calls I still have 🤓.
Apple won't respond with a comment, because they provide no Support here, as this is just a Community Support forum made up of Apple users.
It has never been an option on the iPhone, while like many other features it can be done on a Mac. In order to send Apple a Feature Request that they will see for the iPhone, you would need to use the Feedback link here. It would not be a difficult feature to implement, although there has never been any discussion on it with any of the previous iOS versions until the recent message that was added in iOS 26.6. that notifies users that the limit has been reached. Previously blocking had no effect after the limit was reached and there was no message indicating that was the reason. Send them that Feedback today.
There is no bulk-unblock option on an iPhone. However, there is a shortcut for unblocking individual contacts that you might not be using. It saves you having to drill down all the way to the individual contact screens.
See the "Use Settings to manage Blocked Contacts in iOS 26" section of
Block phone numbers, contacts, and emails on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support
TrishEllen wrote:
I have over 3000 blocked numbers and emails on my iPhone & iPad that I did not manually block. Please implement a way to delete these other than one by one!
You are not speaking to Apple, and they will not hear your request for this feature. As others have already said, you could try leaving a comment using Apple's Feedback page.
I can hope that Apple personnel do look at community forums. If they get enough negative comments on an issue, maybe they will make changes requested by the purchasers of their products.
As we all know, it takes a huge amount of time to remove the blocked numbers manually.
I already use the Call Screening option.
I appreciate the quick response. Hopefully someone from Apple will respond to my comment.
I will use your suggestions once I remove the 2,800+ blocked calls I still have 🤓.
I have over 3000 blocked numbers and emails on my iPhone & iPad that I did not manually block. Please implement a way to delete these other than one by one!
I have the same issue and I did not block these manually. Sone sort of glitch in the syncing with Verizon and Apple. Manually removing them is ridiculous!
I’m still getting unwanted emails and now I can’t block them manually. This should not be happening. Technology is better than this.
If you have a Mac, you can log into the same account the iPhone and/or iPad is using and delete blocked entries very fast.
Quickly remove blocked phone and email co… - Apple Community
Why can’t we remove blocked phone numbers in bulk?
