Block Your Number on a Samsung Galaxy Phone: Call & Text

Dial safely on your Samsung Galaxy with a hidden caller ID

Co-authored by Henry Paris and Darlene Antonelli, MA

Last Updated: June 20, 2024 Fact Checked

Do you want to hide your phone number on your Samsung Galaxy? Fortunately, you can hide your number with a tap of a few buttons. This wikiHow article teaches you how to prevent the person you’re calling from seeing your phone number when you're using a Samsung Galaxy. Please note that this feature is not available in every region, and some carriers require you to have your caller ID showing.

Quick Steps

Open the Phone app.
Tap the More menu.
Tap Settings.
Tap Supplementary services.
Tap Show your caller ID to see more options.
Tap Never to hide your phone number on Samsung Galaxy.

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It’s the green icon with a white phone receiver. You’ll usually find it on the home screen.
The "More" menu has three dots in a vertical line. You'll see it at the top-right corner of the screen.

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This will expand the settings for the Phone app.
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Tap Supplementary services. You might need to scroll down the Settings menu to find it.
- This menu can be "More Settings" instead.
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Tap Never. Now your caller ID won't display to others when you call them.
- If you have a second SIM card in your phone, you can also hide your caller ID for that phone number using the "Show your caller ID" under the "SIM card 2" header.
- You can also use *67 to make a call private. Dialing this code is temporary, so your next call will show your caller ID unless you dial *67 again.
- If you don't have a Samsung Galaxy, you can still hide your number. This wikiHow article shows you how!

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Are there any other methods to hide my phone number?

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Henry Paris is an Electronic Repair Expert specializing in sharing information about smartphones. Henry is the owner and manager of Electronic Repair Solutions (ERS Bit), and has a follower base of over 63,000 YouTube subscribers and over 150,000 followers on Instagram. As Ersbit, Henry and his team create electronics repair content, offering repair tutorials, product reviews, and stress testing of devices. His most popular videos highlight phone camera and screen replacement tips. His channels offer recommendations and tips on how to save money by doing DIY repairs and other device upgrades. Henry’s aim is to educate his audience by covering all aspects of repairing phones, so that they can save money and fix their devices, themselves.

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You can try to contact your mobile phone carrier. They might be able to provide a way to hide your phone number while calling. However, not all carriers and providers support this method.

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