Block phone numbers, contacts, and emails on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

You can block ring Numbers, contacts, and emails on your device. You sack too filter iMessages from strange senders and report iMessages that reckon wish spam or junk.

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In that respect are a few ways that you can block phone numbers, contacts, and emails.

Phone

From the Phone app, tap Recents, then spigot the Information releaseInfo button next to the phone number or contact that you want to block. Scroll down, then tap Block this Telephoner.

FaceTime

From the FaceTime app, spigot the Info buttonInfo button close to the phone number, contact, or email address that you wish to jam. Scroll down, then tap Choke up this Caller.

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 tap Deflect this Company.

Mail

From the Chain armor app, open the e-mail that has the contact that you want to block, then tapdance the get through at the crowning. Tap Block this Contact.

When you block a phone number or contact, they can still leave a voicemail, but you won't acquire a notification. Messages that are sent or received won't be delivered. Also, the contact won't get a notification that the call or content was obstructed. When you block an email address from Mail, it goes to the trash folder. E-mail block whole kit and caboodle across each your Apple devices.

You fundament also enable settings to lug spam phone calls.

Manage your blocked phone numbers, contacts, and emails

To see the phone numbers, contacts, and netmail addresses that you've obstructed from Telephone, FaceTime, Messages, or Send:

Phone

Go to Settings > Phone and tap Blocked Contacts to find the list.

FaceTime

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

Messages

Go to Settings > Messages. Under SMS/MMS, tapdance Blocked Contacts.

Mail

Go to Settings > Mail. Under Threading, tapdance Out of use.

Filter out messages from unknown senders

You can 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 Filter Unknown Senders.

iPhone showing a filtered message

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

Report spam or junk in the Messages app

You nates theme iMessages that expression like Spam or scrap from the Messages app. If you get an iMessage from mortal who's not rescued in your Contacts, you'll see a Theme Junk link under the message.

iPhone showing how to report junk in the Messages app

Tip Report Trash, then tip Delete and Composition Junk. Messages will assumptive the sender's information and the message to Apple, too as cancel the content from your gimmick. You can't undo deleting a message.

Reporting junk doesn't block the transmitter from being able to send another message. If you get into't want to receive these messages, you need to block the contact lens.

To report SMS and MMS messages, contact your carrier.

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