Call through a Hidden number can be useful in the most varied occasions, since the interlocutor You will not be able to see our phone number when calling and will not be able to know that it is us or call us back; Furthermore, you will not be able to save our phone number in your calendar as a contact, since our number will be hidden at all times. Therefore, below we offer you a complete guide to learn how to call by hidden number on mobiles both with Android as with iPhone, in addition to a series of codes that we can use to hide our number on certain calls.
How to call hidden on Android
We start with Android, he broader mobile ecosystem and with more diverse concealment methods, although very similar to each other; so much so, that to hide our number in Android we must always go to the general calling application of our mobile. When we have the general call keyboard on the screen we must press the three vertical dots icon located in the upper right corner of the screen, to display a menu of options.
With the menu displayed, click on the option Settings or similar to enter the application and call settings.
Already within the menu Settings Many different configuration options will appear; now click on the entry More settings or similar (the names may change depending on the mobile model and Android version, such as Additional services or other names).
Once in the menu More settings or similar we will have to look for an option for additional settings; In any case, we must click on the option Show my caller ID or a similar description.
When we click on this option, a window will open with several options for whether or not to hide our number. In this window click on the option Hide number or similar; and that's it. With this option activated you can call with your hidden phone number; If you want to show your number again, you just have to follow the same steps in reverse.
How to call hidden on iPhone
In iPhone The process of hiding calls is even simpler thanks to the more specific menus of iOS. To do this, the first thing we must do is go to Settings of the iPhone and click on the option Phone to access iPhone call settings.
Now within the iPhone settings you just have to click on the option Show caller ID, located in the last position of the section Calls.
We will enter a screen in which only a single option will appear; This is the option switch Show caller ID. If we turn it off with a simple touch, from that moment on our number will no longer appear when calling by phone, since the number will remain hidden until we activate said switch again. If we want to show our number again when calling, we just have to follow the same steps in reverse.
Codes to call with a hidden number
Beyond the different cell phone configurations to hide or not our calls through the menus, we can also type a series of codes next to the phone number who we want to call in order to hide our number, directly from the mobile keyboard. Below we offer several codes with different results.
In Spain, if we want to make a single call in hidden mode, we just have to enter the code #31# followed by the phone number we want to call; It would look like this: #31#XXXXXXXXX where the Xs are the phone number we want to call in hidden mode.
On the other hand, there are permanent codes that hide our number in all calls, until we deactivate the code again. For example, if we press *31# and press the call button, we will activate call hiding permanently. With this code activated, if we press #31# and the call button, we will deactivate call hiding.