Almost everyone at some point has or wanted to block someone through their iPhone for various reasons. And, many people still wonder what would happen to those people after we’ve blocked them. So, we’ve created a simple article to teach you on “How to block someone?” and what happens afterwards. Let’s get started.

Blocking Someone on Your iPhone:

For starters, your iPhone doesn’t care about the person that you’re blocking. It’ll completely shut their number from reaching our device through Text Messages, Calls, FaceTime and others. However, those users can still contact us through third party Apps like Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook etc. Here, you need to manually block them from these apps to stop them from reaching out to us. As such, they are a talk for a separate time.  In the meantime, let’s learn about the steps through which we can block someone from our device.

The steps for blocking any number on your iPhone is pretty easy and straight forward. Simply, locate the number that you want to block from your recents or contact lists. Next, click on the info button shown at the right side of that number. After that, scroll down to the bottom and choose the “Block this Caller” option. Here, the iPhone will prompt you to verify the block and you simply have to select “Block Contact” to finalize your Block. This will immediately block that particular number from contacting you in your iPhone.

What happens When You Block Someone on Your iPhone?

A blocked number can experience different results based on the app used to contact you. Similarly, the blocked number will not know that they are blocked. Generally, they only experiences strange instances when they try to contact you on your iPhone. Some of the most common effects of a “Block” are listed hereafter:

1. Text Messages

When a blocked contact texts you on your iPhone, their messages are sent but you won’t receive them. Similarly, they also won’t get any notification for read or delivered for their texts. Likewise, you also can’t see or reply to those texts from your iPhone.

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2. FaceTime

FaceTime is another app that is affected through the “Block” that you set for a particular number. Now, a Blocked contact will experience an endless ring without any answer when they try to contact us. Also, we won’t get any notifications and the FaceTime will continuously ring until they give up on their calls.

3. Calls

A blocked number’s call on our iPhone will immediately redirect into our Voicemails. It’s their only clue that they are blocked and they may experience as if our iPhones are turned off. As such, they can leave a voicemail but it won’t show as our regular messages. Instead, we’ve to manually scroll to the bottom of the Voicemail window> Blocked Messages to access them.