8 Ways to Tell if Someone Blocked Your Number on iPhone
When the person you want to contact doesn’t respond to your messages or pick up your phone calls, you might wonder if they blocked you for good. As easy as it is to block a contact, it’s much harder to know if someone blocked you on your iPhone.
Moreover, it can get more challenging if you don’t want to ask the person and find it yourself. This guide will show you how to know if someone blocked you on iPhone.
How to Know if Someone Blocked You on iPhone?
There are several ways to tell if someone has blocked you on iPhone. Furthermore, it’s difficult to determine whether the other person has just turned on Do Not Disturb mode or actually blocked you. Here are some signs using which you can tell if someone blocked your phone number on your iPhone.
1. Send an iMessage to Them
The best way to know if someone blocked you is to send them an iMessage. They’ve likely blocked you if you don’t see the “Delivered” or “Read” badge for a long time. If you see the Delivered badge under the message, you shouldn’t worry about it.
Another sign you might see is that the color of your text turns green from blue, meaning you cannot send your message as an iMessage, which has been sent as an SMS. However, this doesn’t guarantee that they’ve blocked you.
2. Try Sending an SMS
There might be a possibility that the recipient turned off their internet, and since iMessage depends on an active internet connection, they won’t receive it. As a result, you won’t see the Delivered badge under the sent text. In such cases, sending an SMS to the person is best.
By default, iPhone won’t let you send an SMS instead of an iMessage. Albeit, you can force send a text message to iMessage contact if you follow these simple instructions:
1. Open Settings on your iPhone.
2. Scroll down and select Messages.
3. Turn on the toggles next to Send as SMS and MMS Messaging options.
4. Go back and open the Messages app.
5. Select the recipient and send a message as you’d typically do.
6. Long-press the message you sent and select the Send as Text Message option.
Your message will get sent as an SMS instead of an iMessage. You’ll see a green bubble instead of a blue bubble, denoting the same.
However, if you activated your iMessage with your email address, you’ll not get this option. You must register iMessage with your phone number to get the Send as Text Message option.
3. Try Calling Them
If the above doesn’t work, you can try calling them. Try making a FaceTime Audio or Video call to see if they receive your call. If not, you can try calling through the carrier as usual. If the phone call goes directly to their voicemail when called, it’s most likely they blocked you.
However, your voicemails will also go to the Blocked section, so they won’t receive any notification even if you send a voicemail to them. Nevertheless, it’s also possible that they’ve likely switched their phone off. But if you keep getting this repeatedly when called, you’re most likely blocked by the other person.
4. Mask Your Phone Number and Make a Call
After many tries, if you think they aren’t lifting your call or receiving your voicemail, you can try hiding your phone number and calling them. All you need to do is open the Keypad on the iPhone’s Phone app, enter *67 in front of the phone number, and then press the Dial button.
For instance, if the other person’s phone number is 1234567897, dial *671234567897 and then press the Dial button.
If you stay in the US, the code is *67, but it varies with countries, so contact your carrier network if your country’s government allows masking your phone number to find the code.
5. Turn Off Your Caller ID and Call Them
If masking doesn’t work, you can try turning off your caller ID and call them. Fortunately, iPhone comes with the option to hide your caller ID. Follow these steps to learn how to hide your caller ID on your iPhone:
1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
2. Scroll down and select Phone.
3. Tap the Show My Caller ID option.
4. Turn off the toggle next to the Show My Caller ID option. If you’ve dual SIMs, you’ll need to select the SIM from which you want to call and then turn off Show My Caller ID.
Once you do this, the other person will receive your phone call as an “Unknown Number” or “Private Number.” Since there isn’t any phone number, it’ll go through even if the other person blocked you.
6. Try a Different Phone Number
Try borrowing a different phone number from a mutual friend or relative to call them. If they go as usual, and your phone number doesn’t, they have no doubt blocked you. However, if you get the same results on the other phone number, too, there’s a high chance that it’s a glitch from the carrier’s end or on the recipient’s phone.
7. Wait for a Few Hours Before You Try Again
You might sometimes receive an automated response that says, “I’m driving with Focus turned on. I’ll see your message when I get where I’m going,” or something similar. In that case, you don’t need to worry since you aren’t blocked. This is an Auto-Reply feature on iPhone that you can turn on when you’re in Driving Focus mode.
So if the other person is driving and has turned on Driving Focus mode, you’ll see this automated response. Similarly, there are other Focus modes available on iPhone, which is essentially the Do Not Disturb mode that might not allow you to call them if not allowed.
Similarly, the iMessage not going through can result from a poor internet connection. So don’t worry; wait a few hours before calling them repeatedly.
8. Try Other Messaging Apps
Suppose a reasonable amount of time has passed, and you still can’t contact the other person. In that case, you can try racing out to them on other social media or messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Twitter, and more.
If they haven’t blocked you there, you might be able to contact them once they see your message once they’re online. However, there’s no guarantee they’ll reply, especially if you have had a disagreement or misunderstanding recently.
You can try apologizing and sending them a polite message if they haven’t blocked you on social media, and they might respond to you.
Conclusion
So these were some of the best ways to determine whether you’ve been blocked on iPhone. However, if nothing in this list works for you, it’s most likely that the other person blocked you. They might not want to contact you for various reasons, and blocking is their first step. In such cases, keeping your distance and respecting their privacy is recommended.
