How to block your Cell Phone Number
The growth of Caller IDs means that whenever you call someone up, your cell phone number would show up on their Caller ID. There may be a number of reasons why you may wish to block your Cell Phone Number. Luckily for us, there exists two simple solutions on how to block your cell phone number.
How to Block your Cell Phone Number
Option # 1: Block your Cell phone number temporarily
This option exists if you wish to block your cell phone number from being displayed in a caller ID for that one specific call. For example, you do not want that new crush of yours that you are trying to reach her for the nth time in a row. Also, you may want to call a local business and do not want them to know your cell phone number
For blocking your cell phone number temporarily, press *67 followed by the phone number you wish to dial. For example, if you wish to call (123) 456-7890, then to block your cell phone number, press *671234567890 to complete your call and also to block your cell phone number
Option # 2: Block your Cell Phone number permanently
Most Cell phone carriers offer a line block service. You need to call up your cell phone’s customer service and request this line block on your cell phone. This would let you block your cell phone number from being displayed on any form of caller ID permanently.
Tip: If you go ahead and do a permanent block of your cell phone number, if there is a particular instance where you wish your cell phone number to be displayed, then press *82 followed by that phone number. For example, if you wish to call (123)555-5555 then do a *821235555555.
Note: Your cell phone number will not be blocked from emergency services
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Why doesn’t the *67 to block your cell number from your phone not work in Alaska?????
try #31#then number
#31# is also not working in india plz tell me sme more tricks
Alaska is using decades old equipment acquired from the Russians. They need to spend a little of that oil money on infrastructure
I think this is a great idea, but does the number your calling from your cell phone as a blocked call show up on either bill ( yours or the party you have called after blocking the call)?
One more thing! Does the *67 also block your number when sending a text message??
Thats an awesome tip. I just tried it on my roommates cell phone. After the update cycle, couple hours later, she looked it up online and my number at the time I called shows up as blocked. This is very cool. Thanks a lot.
I think that answers ur question DeeDee
Thats good to know.
That is how people have been blocking thier home phone numbersw and cell phone numbers from caller I.D.s for about 12 or more years.
Were have you people been?
Great Tip! Never knew about this. Thanks Jess for looking it up
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I need to figure out how to block smeone from callng my cell phone?? Can this be done?
Just get a samsung e250, u can just add that number to the rejected list. when that person call, it just say rejected. you can do this even sms.
Doug DuCharme on February 7th, 2008 8:12 pm Thats good to know.
That is how people have been blocking thier home phone numbersw and cell phone numbers from caller I.D.s for about 12 or more years.
Were have you people been?
DOUG THEIR KIDS THEY’VE BEEN IN SCHOOL THE LAST 12 YEARS MORON
does it work in india?
The *67 does not block my cell phone number. I tried it, called my own home phone and it came right through just like always.
umm…. if you have your cell phone blocked so you cant call other people who arent on your phone list how can i call them is there like a secret way to or something?
i’ve tried blocking my cell phone number as how is instructed but it doesn’t work at all..can it be done in Malaysia?it would be great if we can do it here..i really need to use this for my work..
am in india.. *67 is not woking here.. when i dial with this no. prefixed it shows number not in use. am using nokia n95 n nokia 6600…. any oher option to block the no. temp.
hi..will .67 works in india?? and one thing i got amobile from U.S.A its a AT&T mobile nokia2610 i want to break the code its not working in inida can u pls send me the code..?/
is there a way to block a text message?
hi ,,,thnx for tht code ,but its not work on my n7o phn,i m frm india ,,,could u tell me it ll wrk in india or u have anyother code for india user ,,,,,,,,pls send it by mail,,,,,,,,thnks a lot
i dont want to receive sms from a particular number!!..The person keeps disturbing me continiously with crap msgs…how to block his number??…can any1 plz help me out..
I was wondering if there was a way to block a text and send it to someone so they don’t know ur number. someone has been doing it to me and i have been trying to search the web to find out how to do it. please let me know. thanks.
You can go to http://www.telusmobility.com. Go to the bottom of the page in the right corner it will say “send a message. And the text goes out blocked
could anyone tell me how to unlock an mtn zte a35 handset
I am using Nokia 6133 and temp. number block isnt working, how can i solve this problem?
how can i make my colored cellphone turns upside down? what is the code? pls help?
Yeah so yall need 2 totally check ur sources! I work 4 a call phone company & @ least n the States *67 does NOT work 4 CELL PHONES!!! So ha ha 2 all u idiots who think its been working! W/ cell phones u gotta sign up 4 per call blocking or blocked calls!
I know about *67, but it get really annoying when you get stalkers that call blocked. They never talk, just beathe on the phone.
I wish there was a way to put a limit on the amount of blocked calls you could receive on a cell phone!
Is there a way to keep the number I called from showing up on my cell bill.
Hi there!
im from pakistan. and i saw this trick on many sites even in google and yahoo answers. but it never worked for me. each time i have 2 numbers from different carriers and i tried it on boths. one says your request cannot be completed and other says this is not a vaild number. my carriers codes are 0333 and 0300. can any one help me how can i hide my caller id so some my friends infact some sms adicts wont get my number if i call them.
please help me.
Regards
Faraz
I had a cell phone call that came up as saying, “No number” (not private number)… what does “No Number” mean? Does it mean it was blocked? I tried *67 and it says Private Number. What would make it say No Number? Thanks in advance.
for the guy who totally works for a call phone company totally sucks at helping people you dont call people IDIOTS cause your the idiot…what happened to being an AMERICAN and coming together and helping one another?
Look all you kind people all over our different countries whichever cell phone or cellphone provider you have you need to contact them and ask them the block code for your situation your having OR refer to your book that was given to you with your phone. I am MANAGER and OWNER of one of the NEW VERIZON STORES and if you have Alltel …..ALLTEL is imerging with VERIZON ….THANK YOU VERY MUCH if you have any questions I will be happy to check back and help you and I apologize for such rudeness and wil be looking into this young mans IP address and where he works……have a nice day.
Sharon Litrell CO/Verizon
please spread this girl’s number 0331-2292156 CALL ON THIS NUMBER AT 11:OO PM
good day! i would just like to ask help from you guys. my phone was stolen and i wanted to block my sim card so that the person who stole it will not use my sim. there are important people in the phone book and i would like to block the sim so that the he/she will not contact those people. the thing is, i am using a prepaid sim. how will i ever block my sim. please please help. thank you!
If you want to block your cell phone number on a call by call basis you need to dial *67 before dialing the number. Ex *67 (555) 555-5555.
If you want to unlock your mobile you can use . http://www.mobile-unlocker.com/ It is free to get the unlock instructions.
why dosent *67 work with cricket
i dont want to receive sms from a particular number!!..The person keeps disturbing me continiousldoes it work in india?y with crap msgs…how to block his number??…can any1 plz help me out
does it work in india?
i dont want to receive calls and sms from a particular number!!..The person keeps disturbing me continiously with crap msgs…how to block his number??…can any1 plz help me out
one more think when sending a sms from my mobile it autosave on mail is it any possible send mail
it does not work in Ghana
greeting to all,
i am from afghanistan and these codes *67 and *82 dont work here my careers codes are 079, 077 , 070, 078 so will be there any way for them
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Hi,
I’m Asiri. I have Nokia 6300 phone. Earlyer I used SIM card from a one company. I installed wap settings and used Internet through phone. Now I’m using different SIM from another company. It tried to install new wap settings after deleting old settings. But phone does not allow to save new settings. It says “Only 70 sets allowed. Settings discarded”. But in Default confg. settings under configuration settings is empty. I reset the phone using reset factory settings command but the problem still ocured. Try to format phone memory using *#7370# code. But it’s not working. Pls tell me how to solve this problem.
Thank you
Asiri
i havent tried puttin 67 in front of a number im calling yet so i dont know if that works yet,i am at the mo trying it on my mums number as a text just to see if it works for that.
for blocking my number on calls i just put 141 in front of the number it works. in cornwall anyway.
i have yet to try 141 on a text tho,just thought of it so that’ll be the next thing i try.
nope! 141 does not work on texts,it wont even send,.
67 however sent ,i told my mum who it was but had no reply yet maybe it takes a while to go through.
Does it work in Africa ?
Theres also another way to block your cell number I tried the *67 on my phone and it did work but when i tried it in my bfs it didnt work so i trie the other way which is dialing #31# an that worked i think it depends on the model of your phone or something like that.
If you are in Europe, you might try *30# + Number to switch off CallerID and *31# + Number to switch on temp sending of the CallerID (that’s the technical name of the parameter). Almost all GSM phones have an option in the call settings to turn off all CallerID’s by default, no need to call the operator. As previously mentioned if this code does not work for you pls call the customer service and ask for the correct codes it’s very rare that they don’t exist…
Gomboc
Hi there!
im from pakistan. and i saw this trick on many sites even in google and yahoo answers. but it never worked for me. each time i have 2 numbers from different carriers and i tried it on boths. one says your request cannot be completed and other says this is not a vaild number. my carriers codes are 0333 and 0300. can any one help me how can i hide my caller id so some my friends infact some sms adicts wont get my number if i call them.
please help me.
Regards
Ali
hi,
am using a samsung e250. I have just reset the mobile and unfortunately lost all the contacts on my phone memory.
Is there a way to get all the contacts back???
Plzzz do reply.
thanks