Dialing with one’s number concealed is wise in order to protect oneself. It helps especially when you are dialing an unknown man or woman or else when you don’t want to be disturbed by company representatives. Let’s take a look at some of the practical techniques on how to hide one’s number when dialing in this guide.
There is no difficulty in making a call to someone but hiding your phone number at the same time. Depending on your current location, you can include a calling prefix, change the call settings, use third-party applications, or even call your telecom provider and request that they block your number.
Doing this will give you the imitation of confidence to call any unknown number or organization while concealing your phone number.
1. Always Add Prefix Before Calling
Most countries, such as the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, enable you to dial a *0* that enables you to mask your number during the case when you are calling a phone number.
As a result, instead of having your number appear on the screen of the recipient, he/she will be displayed a Blocked, Private Number, or Restricted Label on the incoming call. It is even possible to call this even if the intended recipient has your contact saved in their phone.
For those living in the United States or Canada, the code to use is *67, the specified number you wish to call. For instance *675555551234, where 5555551234 is the recipient’s contact figure out. Please remember that this prefix doesn’t apply to emergency or toll-free numbers.
In the UK for instance, if you want to block your number when dialing, you have to dial 141 before the number you are calling.
You can also add this prefix to the saved contact on your device to avoid the practise where the receiver sees the caller ID every time you call them.
If the person you are calling is based on private or restricted calls, then *82 can be used to flash the number to the screen of the receiver’s phone.
2. Turn Off Caller ID
In case calling prefixes are ineffective in your area, you can change the setting of the smartphone’s dialer application and opt to obscure your number when it appears on the recipient’s phone screen.
What any carrier network may allow as a way of deactivating the use of the caller ID, others may not honour this request.
Regardless, you can follow these steps to disable the caller ID on iPhone and Android: Regardless, you can follow these steps to disable the caller ID on iPhone and Android:
On My iPhone
- Open the iPhone Settings.
- Scroll down and tap Phone.
- Go to the tap labelled Show My Caller ID.
On Android
The majority of Android devices currently run on Google’s phone app as the default mobile dialer. If your carrier network supports disabling the caller ID, follow these steps to hide your number when calling:
- Go to the Phone app and there tap the three vertical dots.
- Tap Settings.
- Tap Calling Accounts.
- Select your SIM/number and press to add preferences.
- Press Additional Settings.
- SIM settings for call
3. Google Voice App:
Apart from dialling any code to create calling prefixes or altering the settings of your smartphone, you have the option of using free third-party applications such as Google Voice to make your outgoing calls anonymously.
It allows you to dial a new phone number to talk and record voice messages and, at the same time, use caller ID spoofing for free. It is completely free and requires a Google account only.
- Open the Google Voice app now to get your Google Voice number.
- Press the hamburger
- To set your call settings, just press Settings.
- Swiping the button will mask your caller ID.
4. Contact Your Phone Service Carrier
But if the feature of hiding the caller ID is not available on your device, then you must try to contact your mobile operators or the service providers to not allow that feature to enable outgoing calls.
Nevertheless, one should request the rates and the conditions of the relationship before moving further to be protected from additional charges or unexpected changes in the future.
Call the customer service of your carrier. Its customer care number is available if you just Google your carrier’s network name. Or you go to the help section in the app that is associated with your carrier to connect with an executive.
When the call connects, present to them the reasons on why it is necessary to block number when calling. Of which some may need a decode, and you must be ready with an explanation for the decode.
5. Make Calls with a Disposable App
Another way to mask your number is to use the ‘burner app’. That is why, instead of masking your caller ID a burner app offers you a second phone number.
This way the receiver feels that the call is coming from a different number other than the name associated with it hence enhancing the issue of privacy.
Some of the Apps available on the App Store and Play Store are burner apps. There is an option of going through the reviews and downloading one that you want according to its measurements.
Some of the few apps that stand out in the domain include Burner, Hushed, and CoverMe. However, these come with a free trial or’restricted’ version with limited free credits before you have to pay for them.
The other way to avoid having your original caller ID being displayed to use a disposable phone known as a Burner phone. You can buy one in a brick-and-mortar store and then create an incognito account from any public warm shower.
After you power on the device, disable all the features that can lead back to you, including location, GPS, Bluetooth and others. That’s it! you can now use it for calls anonymously, but do not take it with you to home, school, work or your favourite café.
Keep Your Caller ID Private
Concealing phone numbers can be easy if you are acquainted with the techniques to do it. Always know what the various terms, policies or conditions of the third-party apps that you would want to incorporate into your site are.
If you would rather use emails, you are welcome to find out how to configure Gmail without a phone number.
FAQs
When you type #31# it will redirect you to your Google voice?
It also include a block code #31# to allow people to make private calls. It is operational in several countries. But it can only be used in India after unlocking the network.
Is queing *67 before a number effective?
It is only available to persons resident in the United States and Canada. If you are dialling from the UK, dial 141 before the number to block your telephone number from being displayed.
