Before the onslaught of the pandemic, you probably didn’t use your smartphone to make phone calls very much. Now carriers are reporting surges in calls as we seek more personal connections while ...

Kim Komando offers tips to block or hide their phone numbers when making calls. Blocking your number can go a long way in stopping annoying robocalls.

If you don't want people to know you're calling, you can hide caller ID by blocking your own number on both landlines and smartphones.

Block your number using a star code This method has been around for decades. Depending on where you live, you can press *67 on your phone’s keyboard before entering the phone number you want to ...

Blocking your number temporarily only works while calling businesses and individuals. Your phone number cannot be blocked while calling toll-free numbers or emergency services.

You can block a number on your phone so that a person or company can't call or text you from a particular number. Here's how to do it on any device.

Learn how to block numbers on your iPhone through the Phone app, the Facetime app and through your messages.