How to block a mobile number on an iPhone or on an Android smartphone

Over the years, spam calls have only increased. These unwanted auto-dialed spam calls from Insurance telemarketers and telecom operators are nothing less than a nuisance. While there is no way to completely get rid of scam calls, you can always block numbers on iPhones and many Android smartphones, if you identify a mobile number as spam. Whether you want to stop annoying robocalls or want to block a person’s number whom you don’t like, here’s what you can do to reduce fake and spam calls.

Blocking a call on an iPhone

Apple has made it easy to block a phone number on the iPhone. To block a number, open the Phone app if you are using an iPhone running iOS 13 and tap recent calls tap.