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How to put or remove a blacklist contact on your smartphone
It is quite common to want to remove or put a contact on the blacklist of your Smartphone in order to block unwanted calls, messages and other unwanted 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 your smartphone
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 Smartphone, simply go to the contact containing the number in question, click on the 'Menu' button on your Smartphone, and select the 'block contact' option. or 'add to blacklist'. That's it, your contact is now added to the blacklist of your Smartphone.
This contact can no longer inconvenience you.
Use third-party applications to manage the smartphone blacklist
Many applications, free or paid, allow you to manage the smartphone blacklist.
To download them, the best is to go to the Smartphone's Play Store.
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 call in a specialist if you are not sure how to download these applications to your Smartphone.
Reset a contact and remove it from the blacklist on your smartphone
To remove a contact from the blacklist, it's even easier.
Since the blocked number is saved in the contacts of your Smartphone, you simply have to go to the contact card, via the contact menu, then click on the menu button on your Smartphone.
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 smartphone 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 Smartphone.
So do not hesitate to contact someone expert in telephony to help you.
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