Use these simple techniques to get rid of all the bothersome spam messages and calls on your iPhone. Everybody has experienced receiving texts on their iPhones informing them that they have won something new or that one of their safe passwords has been compromised. These annoying spam letters have the potential to seriously harm your life if you unintentionally click on the links contained inside them. Learn how to ban contacts and texts from unknown senders directly from your iPhone to completely get rid of these scammers.
1. Block Your Saved Contacts
One of the simplest ways to stop receiving unwanted text messages is to block the contacts that are kept on your phone. This function could be helpful for someone who just lost the favour of a relative or acquaintance. Additionally, this technique can be used by anyone who has broken up with an ex and no longer wants that person to be able to contact them. The steps listed below can be used to stop unsolicited text messages from your stored contacts:
- Go to the Contacts tab.
- Choose the person you want to block.
- To block this caller, tap.
You won’t receive any text messages or receive calls from the number connected to that contact. There is currently no built-in solution for you to selectively ban text messages from contact while still allowing them to call you on your iPhone, or the other way around. However, you can download a call-blocking programme with the option to allow one kind of communication but not the other, which we will discuss later in this article.
2. Block Unwanted Numbers
It’s one thing to block a saved contact on your phone, but quite another to stop spam calls from unknown numbers.
Fortunately, you still have the option to prevent the undesirable number from contacting you ever again if you’re getting these kinds of texts.
- Dispatch the pertinent text message.
- Tap info after tapping the profile symbol up top.
- Pick info once more.
- To block this caller, tap.
It functions in the same same way as blocking a saved contact on your phone does. No longer will the unknown number be able to call you or send spam texts to your phone.
3. Filter Messages From Unknown Senders
It’s all well and good to block phone numbers one at a time until you start getting spam messages daily, many times daily, from various numbers.
When this occurs and spammers have gained control of your phone number, you may still block them all using a tool that is already there in your iPhone.
You will never have to hear about another scam again if you simply filter out the communications from unknown senders.
Here’s how:
- Launch Settings.
- Choose Messages.
- Enable the Unknown Senders Filter.
By doing this, all incoming texts from numbers that aren’t in your contacts will be routed to a new folder.
Although you are theoretically under no need to glance at this folder, doing so sometimes will help you capture vital messages from phone numbers you haven’t added to your contacts.
It will be immediately filtered out of your regular text messages if a friend has changed numbers or is texting you from a different number.
Choose Unknown Senders from the Filters menu at the top of the Messages page to view your filtered messages.
4. Download a Call-Blocker App
Download a call-blocker app in place of the built-in iPhone features if you’re not quite happy. These apps’ main function is to prevent unauthorised iPhone calls and messages.
Each software will have special features of its own that you can use for purposes other than simply preventing unwanted text messages from reaching your phone. Additionally, you will receive tools for number lookup, caller ID, call filtering, and phone security.
Here are some of the top options:
- VeroSMS
VeroSMS’s ability to send no SMS data to its servers is one of its strongest features. Instead, your iPhone is used to perform all of the filtering. With the help of the software, you may add various keywords to your filter list to prevent your message inbox from becoming clogged up with messages that contain such phrases.
- Robo Shield
Robo Shield is an iPhone software that does more than merely block text messages. Caller ID, automatic call filtering, number lookup, and automatic number banning are all possible with it. Additionally, you may set up category-based blocking, which filters communications based on the kinds of spammers they are, such as robocalls.
- Truecaller
Truecaller, one of the biggest and most popular call-blocking apps, is completely free. The app is jam-packed with tools to help you increase the security of your iPhone. Additionally, the software offers a premium edition with app removal, call recording, incognito mode, and the option to monitor who has accessed your social network profiles.
- Nomorobo
Although Nomorobo is not as well-known as the other blocking apps, it does provide a 14-day free trial so you may compare its capabilities to those of its rivals. Both spam calls and spam texts can be blocked from reaching your phone. Robocalls can either be automatically blocked or sent directly to voicemail.
Once the app is installed, you may get a feeling of the various functions it offers and decide whether it makes sense to keep it or remain with the built-in iPhone features. When you add a number to the blocked list, the built-in settings and the majority of apps will block both calls and text messages from that number. Make sure this is one of your app’s features if you only want to prohibit one or the other.
- Contact Your Carrier
Even after you’ve tried all the above measures, occasionally undesirable communications will still get past your privacy safeguards. That’s because con artists frequently alter their contact information and methods for breaking into your system. When this occurs, it can be worthwhile contacting your carrier to try and prevent particular spammers using their phone spam tools. Even additional filtering options for unknown senders may be enabled by your carrier.
How to Block Text Messages from an Individual?
It’s simple to restrict texts from a certain person or phone number on an iPhone.
- Tap on their name (if they are in your contacts) or phone number at the top of the screen after first opening the chat with that person in Messages.
- Tap “Info” on the following screen, then choose the “Block this Contact” option that is highlighted in red.
- Once you confirm your selection, the offending person will be blocked.
- Although spam messages won’t be significantly reduced by doing this because they never appear to originate from the same number, it is a good approach to remove toxic people from your life.
- Just bear in mind that blocking someone is an all-or-nothing decision, so doing so prevents all communication, including calls, FaceTime, emails, and messages.
- For instance, it is not possible to simply reject voice and FaceTime calls from contact while accepting their texts.
- If you decide to alter your mind later, click on Settings > Phone > Blocked Contacts to access your list of blocked callers.
- You may view the numbers you’ve blocked here and unblock any numbers you want.
- This technique for blocking incoming calls is functional in iOS 15, although it might differ slightly in older or legacy versions of iOS.
- The method should be similar enough across recent generations of iOS, though, so that following these instructions will lead you in the right direction.
On Apple’s support website, you may find out more about how to restrict calls or messages on an iPhone.
How to Filter Messages and calls from People you don’t know
There is a method available for you to stop the constant barrage of spam messages if you use an iPhone.
If you get a lot of spam every day, the iPhone’s ability to filter messages and calls from numbers not in your contact list can be helpful.
- Go to Settings > Messages, turn on the “Filter Unknown Senders” toggle, and you’re done with message filtering.
- It’s a simple procedure, and you can apply it to calls as well by turning on the setting under Settings > Phone > Silence Unknown Callers.
Even if those are useful characteristics, there are a few things you need to be aware of. To begin with, your iPhone won’t outright reject these messages and calls.
Messages from unknown senders will be hushed and moved to an “Unknown Senders” tab in iMessage when this feature is enabled.
Additionally, according to Apple, until you add that number to your contacts or respond to the relevant message, you won’t be able to click any links included in those messages.
Any calls you get from numbers that aren’t in your contacts will be hushed, sent to voicemail, and listed in the “Recents” tab of the Phone app when you have unknown callers quiet.
This tool may be useful if you frequently receive spam calls or messages, but we advise against using it until you have tried banning specific callers first.
Why? The truth is that many SMS messages received by unidentified persons have some validity in this time of two-factor authentication.
Many businesses will continue to use text messages for 2FA verification until they adopt more secure methods, and enabling message filtering would only make the authentication process more difficult than it already is.
Final Notes
Spammers are always coming up with new ways to send you unsolicited texts on your iPhone. You can delete spammy texts from your iPhone using both third-party programmes and a number of built-in alternatives.
Once you’ve cleaned up your SMS messages, you may apply some of the same ideas to get rid of spam emails. However, iPhone makes it rather simple to get rid of them, regardless of who you wish to block or why.
For additional information, click the link to the Apple support page, but otherwise, follow these instructions to learn how to block and filter undesirable communications.