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This article was co-written by Mitch Harris. Mitch Harris is a consumer technology specialist in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mitch runs the IT consulting firm Mitch the Geek, which helps individuals and businesses with home office technology, data security, remote support, and cybersecurity compliance. Mitch has a bachelor’s degree in psychology, English, and physics and graduated with honors from Northern Arizona University.
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This article shows you how to block calls from individual or all unknown numbers on your Android phone. Since most Android phones don’t have call barring built in, you’ll need to use the “Should I Answer?” app. to block all calls from unknown numbers.
Steps
Block each number
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Open the Phone app. It’s the handset icon, usually displayed on the home screen.
- If you use a Samsung Galaxy, move on to the next method.
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Access the recent calls section. The location of this section will vary from device to device. If the Phone app doesn’t immediately open the recent calls section, you’ll have to find the clock icon or the word “Recent” here.
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Touch and hold the number you want to block to open the menu.
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Tap Block/report spam . This option will have a different name on each device, but generally the name is related to Block . The screen will display a confirmation message.
- You may have to select Blacklist or Block list here.
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Tap Block when asked to confirm. As such, you will no longer receive calls from this number.
Block all strange numbers on Samsung Galaxy
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Open the Phone app. You will find the app with the handset icon on the home screen, or you can swipe the screen up or down to open the app drawer and search for the app here. [1] X Research Source
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Touch &# 8942; in the upper right corner of the screen to open a selection list.
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Touch Settings in the drop-down list to open the Call Settings page.
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Tap Block numbers in the “CALL SETTINGS” section of that page.
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Tap the white “Block anonymous calls” slider 
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. This slider will change color, indicating that Samsung Galaxy is no longer accepting calls from unknown numbers.
- If you only want to block a number, enter the number in the “Add phone number” field near the top of the page and select Done on the keypad.
- You can still receive calls from people who are not in your contacts as long as they are not using a virtual phone number. If you want to block calls from people in your contacts, try the “Should I Answer?” app.
Block all strange numbers on Android devices
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Download the app “Should I Answer?” . This is an app that looks at incoming calls and can be set up to block all incoming calls (including numbers not in your contacts). To download the application, you open
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Play Store , and then do the following:
- Tap the search bar.
- Type should I answer
- Tap Should I Answer?
- Tap INSTALL (Settings)
- Tap ACCEPT (Accept)
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Open the Should I Answer app. Tap OPEN in the Google Play Store, or tap the app’s octopus icon in the Android app drawer.
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Tap CONTINUE at the bottom of the screen.
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Tap the SETTINGS tab at the top of the screen.
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Scroll down to the “Block INCOMING Calls from” heading near the middle of the Settings page.
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Turn on incoming call barring. Tap the white slider
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to the right of any (or) all of the following:
- local negative rated numbers
- community negative rated numbers
- numbers not stored in contacts (numbers not in contacts)
- hidden numbers
- foreign numbers (foreign numbers)
Block messages from unknown numbers if necessary. If you want to block messages sent from unknown/unknown contacts, scroll down to the “Block INCOMING SMS” section and tap the white slider next to the selection you want to apply.
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Exit the Should I Answer application to save the settings. Now, calls from unknown numbers will be blocked.
Advice
- The Samsung Galaxy series is the only Android version with a built-in call barring feature.
Warning
- Many Android models do not have a built-in call blocking feature.
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This article was co-written by Mitch Harris. Mitch Harris is a consumer technology specialist in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mitch runs the IT consulting firm Mitch the Geek, which helps individuals and businesses with home office technology, data security, remote support, and cybersecurity compliance. Mitch has a bachelor’s degree in psychology, English, and physics and graduated with honors from Northern Arizona University.
This article has been viewed 20,049 times.
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