I have to use my personal phone occasionally for business calls, but do NOT want business calls to be returned to my personal phone. How can I block my number in outgoing calls? I KNOW there used to be a way to do that, but have run through every item in "settings" and can't find anything that will keep my number private! Any suggestions?
Settings/Phone Show my caller ID
Old Fashion way is tor do *86 and then the number, it blocks your and makes it an unknown caller
There USED to be a setting to "hide my caller ID" but it's not there any more. At least not in the 6s iPhone. Or this latest iOS. Thanks anyway.
Actually, it is Show My Caller ID, and it is located in Settings>Phone>Show My Caller ID. You would need to turn that off. However, it does not appear on all device, it is carrier specific. If your carrier does not support turning it on/off from the phone, you will not see that setting. It exists on my AT&T phone, as it is supported by AT&T.
Nellie Forward wrote:
There USED to be a setting to "hide my caller ID" but it's not there any more. At least not in the 6s iPhone. Or this latest iOS. Thanks anyway.
It's under the "phone" settings and varies by carrier.
Thanks all. It is, in fact, carrier-related. I used to have AT&T, now have Verizon, and Verizon doesn't offer that ability to NOT show caller ID. Yet another reason I'm really regretting switching carriers.
Not available on Verizon phones. Thanks anyway.
You can still do it on a call by call basis by using the dial prefix *67.
There is an alternative available to you, use a second line with its own number for business. A VOIP line.
I use a VOIP service on my phone, which gives me 2 numbers that I can use to make or receive calls, it is independent of the line provided by my phones carrier, it makes/receives calls and texts, it has its own voicemail, so business callers can call me at one number and I can return their calls, their messages end up on voicemail that is separated from the personal voicemail. The service is free and flexible but it gives me a business line (and number) that rings on the same phone that I carry around. It can also be moved from phone to phone so it remains constant no matter how often I feel like changing carriers.
Google Voice is a common choice, for various reasons I elected to use a different VOIP provider (talkatone) but thats only because I dislike Google, functionality is the same.
I travel to the UK frequently which means that if business callers need to contact me they dial the same number and wherever in the world I am they get charged for a local call.
How can I block MY phone number from appearing on phones I call?
