Maintaining your privacy when making phone calls is increasingly important, and knowing how to block your number when calling someone is a valuable tool in a pinch.

Too many calls from telemarketers and other nuisance callers on your smartphone? Here are apps and settings to help you identify and block those calls and texts.

Before we get into the ways that you can block your number from being shown on caller ID, we need to stress that blocking doesn't work when calling toll-free numbers (anything with the area codes ...

The simplest option on iPhone is to manually block individual numbers. However, spammers use a range of phone numbers, and ...

Keeping your iPhone safe from repeated texts and spam calls is easy — just follow a few simple steps.

1. Block your number when calling back a number you don’t recognize How often does this happen to you?

Block calls from your iPhone • Open the Phone app and tap the info button next to the number you want to block. The info button is a lowercase (i) inside a circle.

Your phone number cannot be blocked while calling toll-free numbers or emergency services. The temporary way of keeping your mobile number invisible from caller ID is as easy as 1, 2, 3.

There are multiple ways to block your phone number when calling someone.