How to Make Your Number Private on Samsung Phones

Ever thought about making your number private on a Samsung phone? When you call someone, your caller ID and phone number are transmitted across the cellular network to the recipient's phone. While this is pretty standard behaviour, sometimes you might want your number and name to stay private, especially if you're making business enquiries or returning calls from unknown numbers. To protect your personal contact information, Samsung lets you disable your outgoing caller ID. And in this guide, we'll help you learn how to make your number private on Samsung phones.

How to Make Your Number Private on Samsung Phones for All Calls

This method disables your Caller ID globally on your Samsung phone, meaning anyone you call will see an "Unknown caller" screen on their end. Here's how to make your number private globally:

1. Open the Phone app on your Samsung phone, tap on the 3-dots icon at the top right, and select Settings.
2. Inside "Call settings", scroll down and tap on Supplementary services. Or select More settings if your phone is running on older One UI versions.

3. Here, tap on Show your caller ID.
4. From the dropdown menu, select Never.

Now you can try calling someone, and your caller ID will appear as "Unknown" or "No Caller ID" on the other end. 

To reverse this and show your number again, follow the same path and select Network Default or Always. For users in India, carrier rules state that you cannot hide your caller ID on phones. Therefore, the "Show your caller ID" option won't appear in the Phone app's settings.

Hide Your Number for an Individual Call on Samsung Phones

If you want to hide your number for a specific phone call but leave your caller ID active for everyone else, you can use a carrier prefix code before dialling the number. Here's how to do it:

1. Open the Phone app and tap on the Keypad tab from the bottom.
2. Enter the caller ID block code for your region. For the UK and Europe, it's #31#, and for North America, dial *67.
3. Enter the full phone number you want to call immediately after the code, without any spaces, and tap on the Call button.

Again, this doesn't work in India for the same reason as the first method. Although your phone sends a request to the carrier via these codes, it gets overridden, and your caller ID will be visible to the opposite party. Speaking of which, another privacy measure you can take is to enable Call Forwarding on Samsung phones, which helps mask your main number by forwarding it to a secondary number.

It's also worth noting that some phones may have a set rule where they may automatically reject calls with no caller ID. In that case, you might not be able to make phone calls to others. Which brings us to the end of this guide. Making your number private is easy and can help you remain anonymous when calling first-time numbers or someone you don't want to know that you're calling.