On a daily basis, we get several calls from our friends and family. However, those calls are often interspersed with a few pesky calls from telemarketers or strangers which can be a nuisance.
In case, you are also stuck in a similar situation, then here’s our guide on how to block a phone number on Android smartphones.
First things first:
Different Android smartphone manufacturers implement their own custom user interface on the top of the Android operating system, and each one of them has different implementation of call blocking feature. Having said that, we can not give the step-by-step guide for every single smartphone so we will be focusing on the brand wise guide here.
For stock Android (Android One) smartphones
If you are using Google Pixel or any other smartphone with a stock version of Android, then there are two ways to block a phone number.
1.
Head to Phone app and long-press on the contact and choose the option ‘Block number’.
2.
Open Phone app and tap on the three-dot from the top right corner, head to ‘Settings’ and select the option ‘Call blocking. Here users can manually add a phone number and block it.
For Samsung Smartphones (Samsung Experience UI)
1.
Open Dialer app
2.
Select the number you want to block and tap on three-dot from the top right
3.
Choose the option ‘Block contact’
For Xiaomi smartphones (MIUI)
1.
Open the Security app.
2.
Tap on the Blocklist option
3.
Tap the Settings button
4.
Add the phone number you want to block and set the rules
5.
Tap Blocked numbers.
For Oppo smartphones (ColorOS)
1.
Open Settings on your smartphone
2.
Select the option ‘Calls’
3.
Now, head to ‘Blacklist’ option
4.
Tap on ‘+’ icon to manually add or select a contact to block
For Vivo smartphones (FunTouch OS)
1.
Head to Settings
2.
Then Messages
3.
Tap on the option Blacklist>
4.
Choose the contact you want to add to blacklist
For OnePlus smartphone (Oxygen OS)
Follow the same steps as the Stock Android smartphone
For Huawei and Honor smartphones (EMUI)
1.
Head to contacts
2.
Select the contact
3.
Tap on the three-dot from the bottom right
4.
Select the option ‘Block calls’
