How to Silence Unknown Callers on Your iPhone

[ViDeOmAnCiNi]

"Unknown number" as in "not in your contacts" or when the number is hidden? I often get calls (expected ones) from people/companies I haven't saved. What I don't like is when the number is hidden though and those are the ones I'd like to block.

UGH.. this feature thinks anything outside of contacts is an 'unknown' number. This is NOT what I wanted. I need it to just block callers that come up on screen as "UNKNOWN" I've tried and tried to block these via making a contact and block it to no avail. :-\

 

[supastylin]

Does it really send them straight to voicemail? Or does it make it make them sent through ringing, without alerting you?

 

[Apple_Robert]

Does it really send them straight to voicemail? Or does it make it make them sent through ringing, without alerting you?

Straight to voicemail, unless you have T-Mobile. With T-Mobile and iOS 13, you can block any unwanted call so it gets immediately disconnected, thus bypassing voicemail.

 

[SuperOG]

Well, I believe this is just not enough.

Scams make up an estimated 40 percent of all unknown calls, while the other 60 percent are “legitimate” calls, like those that come from doctors, pharmacies, libraries, schools, political candidates, etc... What about those?

Or if my child runs out of battery and tries to call me using his friend's phone.

 

[MisterSavage]

Well, I believe this is just not enough.

Scams make up an estimated 40 percent of all unknown calls, while the other 60 percent are “legitimate” calls, like those that come from doctors, pharmacies, libraries, schools, political candidates, etc... What about those?

Or if my child runs out of battery and tries to call me using his friend's phone.

My doctor, pharmacy, etc would leave a voicemail. You can get alerted when you get voicemail.

I don't consider a call from a political candidate legitimate. They're incredibly annoying and I don't want them ringing my phone.