How to put or remove a blacklisted contact on a cell phone

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How to put or remove a blacklisted contact on a cell phone

It is quite common to want to remove or put a contact on the blacklist of your mobile phone in order to block unwanted calls, messages and other requests from a particular number.

For example, you may very well want to block calls for advertising, or even from someone you don't want on the phone.

Don't worry, managing your blacklist, or blocked numbers list is easier than it looks. In this article we show you how to put a contact on your blocked numbers list first, then possibly rehabilitate this number by unsubscribing from this list second.

Block a contact to put it on a blacklist on a mobile phone

Save the number in question in your contacts

This may seem counterintuitive to you, but to block a number, it must be saved in your contacts.

Indeed, it is from the contact list that you can blacklist the number you want to block.

Add to the blacklist the number you want to block

To actually add the number to the blacklist on your mobile phone, simply go to the contact containing the number in question, click on the 'Menu' button on your mobile phone, and select the 'block the number' option. contact 'or' add to blacklist '. That's it, your contact is now added to your cell phone blacklist.

This contact can no longer inconvenience you.

Use third-party applications to manage the cell phone blacklist

Many applications, free or paid, allow you to manage the cell phone blacklist.

To download them, the best is to go to the Play Store of the cell phone.

By typing 'blacklist for numbers' in the search bar, you can then have access to a whole bunch of applications like 'Mr Number', 'Call Blacklist' or even 'Call Blocker'. We strongly recommend that you seek the assistance of a specialist if you are unsure of how to download these apps to your cell phone.

Reset a contact and remove it from the blacklist on your mobile phone

To remove a contact from the blacklist, it's even easier.

Since the blocked number is saved in the contacts of your cell phone, you simply have to go to the contact card, via the contact menu, then click on the menu button on your cell phone.

You can then simply uncheck the option 'block this number' so that your contact can call you again.

By doing so you have been able to remove the number linked to the contact from your blacklist.

To conclude on the cell phone blacklist

We have seen here how to put or remove an unwanted number from your blacklist. We hope you found this article helpful.

However, we recommend that you call in a professional or a tech-savvy friend if you haven't been able to do the previous operations.

Indeed, some versions of Android are more complex to handle, and it could be so on your mobile phone.

So do not hesitate to contact someone expert in telephony to help you.

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