Find Out If Someone Blocked Your Number

After we have explained in detail, how you can block calls from your contacts and unknown callers as well as how to block one specific caller, we want to show you the other way around. With a little trick you can find out, if someone blocked your number.

Blocked Number or “Do Not Disturb”?

The “symptoms” of the “Do Not Disturb” mode are very similar to the blocked caller and can be mixed up easily. So before you try this trick, you should read another trick to find out, if a contact has activated the “Do Not Disturb” mode. Read more about how to reach people, when they turned on “Do not Disturb” mode.

Find Out If Someone Blocked Your Number

In order to find out, if someone blocked your number, we have to take a look at the “symptoms” of a blocked call first:
Call: If you call someone, it rings only once and then it goes straight to the mailbox. This can actually be a clue, that this person blocked your number. If you leave a message in the mailbox, the contact won’t even get a notification. The person can listen to your message though, when he/she calls the mailbox. However, the one-time ring and redirection to mailbox can also be a sign for the “Do Not Disturb” mode.

Messages: If the contact has blocked your number and you want to send this person a message, you will not get an error note. If you are sending an iMessage, it will be marked as sent, but the contact will never get your message. In contrast to the “Do Not Disturb” mode, where the contact gets a notification after deactivating the mode, the person that blocked your number will not be notified at all.
So if you still believe, that someone blocked your number, you can try the following trick.

Hide caller ID & call

You can hide your caller ID and call the person again in order to find out, if you got blocked or not. Go to the “Settings” of your iPhone, tap “Phone” and then “Show My Caller ID”. Deactivate this option by tapping the slide button, so that it turns grey.

Now try to call the same contact again. If the call goes through and it rings normally (more than once), you can be sure that the contact has blocked your number.