Block telephone Book of Numbers, contacts, and emails on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

You can block phone numbers, contacts, and emails on your device. You can also filter iMessages from unknown senders and paper iMessages that look like Spam or junk.

Block a telephone number, contact, operating theater email

There are a few ways that you can block call up numbers, contacts, and emails.

Phone

From the Phone app, wiretap Recents, and so solicit the Info buttonInfo button next to the phone number or contact that you neediness to lug. Scroll perfect, then tap Block this Caller.

FaceTime

From the FaceTime app, tap the Information buttonInfo button next to the phone count, contact, operating room electronic mail address that you want to cylinder block. Whorl down, then tap Block this Cool.

Messages

From the Messages app, open the conversation, tap the contact at the top of the conversation. Tap the infoblue info button with person icon inside button, scroll down, then strike Block this Caller.

Ring mail

From the Ring mail app, open the email that has the contact that you neediness to block, past tap the contact at the top. Tap Block this Get through.

When you block a phone number surgery contact, they can still leave a voicemail, but you won't make a notification. Messages that are sent or received won't be delivered. Also, the middleman won't get a notification that the call Beaver State message was blocked. When you block an electronic mail address from Mail, information technology goes to the methamphetamine hydrochloride folder. Email block works across all your Apple devices.

You can also enable settings to blank out Spam telephone set calls.

Manage your plugged headphone numbers, contacts, and emails

To see the phone numbers pool, contacts, and e-mail addresses that you've blocked from Telephone set, FaceTime, Messages, or Mail:

Phone

Go to Settings > Phone and tap Out of use Contacts to see the number.

FaceTime

Go to Settings > FaceTime. Under Calls, tap Blocked Contacts.

Messages

Attend Settings > Messages. Under SMS/MMS, tap Blocked Contacts.

Mail

Go to Settings > Chain mail. Under Threading, tap Out of use.

Filter messages from unknown senders

You sack filter messages from people who aren't saved in your Contacts.

iPhone showing how to filter Unknown Senders

To filter messages, go to Settings > Messages, scroll down and turn on Filtrate Unknown Senders.

iPhone showing a filtered message

In Messages, tap Filters, then strike Unknown Senders. You won't get notifications for these messages.

Report spam OR junk in the Messages app

You can report iMessages that look comparable Spam or junk from the Messages app. If you get an iMessage from someone WHO's not regenerate in your Contacts, you'll see a Report Detritus link under the message.

iPhone showing how to report junk in the Messages app

Exploit Report Junk, and so dab Delete and Report Junk. Messages will forward the sender's information and the content to Orchard apple tree, as advisable as delete the message from your device. You can't unmake deleting a message.

Reporting junk doesn't occlusion the sender from being able to send another message. If you don't wish to receive these messages, you need to block the inter-group communication.

To report SMS and MMS messages, contact your carrier.

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