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iPhone: Enable or Disable Caller ID

iPhone: Enable or Disable Caller ID

May 25, 2016 by Mitch Bartlett 42 Comments

If you do not wish for others to be able to see your number appear on their caller ID display when placing a call from your Apple iPhone, you can disable it. Just follow these steps.

  1. From the Home screen select “Settings“.
  2. Scroll down and choose “Phone“.
  3. Toggle “Show My Caller ID” to “On” or “Off” as desired.

Now the people you call will not be able to see your number on their caller ID display. They will instead see your number show as “Private” or “Restricted”.

If you don’t see the “Caller ID” setting on your phone or you can’t toggle it, your carrier may have it disabled. You can often find other ways to disable caller ID if this is the case. For example, Verizon customers can dial “*67“ followed by the number you are dialing to block caller ID. Visit your carrier’s website for more information.

Caller ID cannot be disabled for Facetime calls.

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  1. Caron Fitzpatrick says

    September 18, 2022 at 1:39 pm

    All my contacts on my phone r showing up as no caller I’d can anybody tell me how I can fix this n be able to c who is ringing. Me

  2. Maria Quezada says

    September 10, 2022 at 6:13 am

    When I go into Settings, then Phone on my iPhone 12, there is no option to enable or disable caller I’d. It simply is not there. I spoke with the carrier’s technicians, I was informed that the account showed that called I’d is enabled. It clearly is not.
    Thank you for your help

  3. Justin Frayne Fernandes says

    May 29, 2022 at 3:09 am

    I have IPhone 13pro max and it won’t let me turn my ID off?

  4. Gurpreet singh says

    May 14, 2022 at 8:57 am

    my phone was no show caller id dont show spinning wheel,first i do off caller and then some days later i show on my caller id dont come to spin wheel i don,t no why?

  5. Sam says

    April 12, 2022 at 8:17 am

    I have IPhone 13pro max and it won’t let me turn my ID off? How to overcome this please thanks

  6. Majed says

    February 25, 2022 at 9:01 am

    I can’t maker turn off of show caller id in iphone 8
    Help plz

  7. Grainne Curran says

    February 7, 2022 at 4:27 pm

    I switched my caller ID to off for a work call. When I have gone to switch it back the button to do so is not available

  8. Jon says

    November 26, 2021 at 7:30 am

    Will this also hide my number when sending text messages?

  9. Ana says

    September 11, 2021 at 6:11 pm

    I have the setting show my id off, however, someone got my number from a call I placed. What happened?

  10. Angela Stevens says

    August 21, 2021 at 4:12 am

    Caller id on or off has disappeared from my settings. How do I get it. Back I want to make changes

  11. Sara says

    July 24, 2021 at 11:13 am

    Hi I turned caller ID off to make a call. When I turn it back on with the person I called with caller ID off then see it was me that rang them?

  12. Mohamed Awad says

    June 25, 2021 at 1:14 pm

    I have I phone 12 bro max and can’t make off caller ID why !!

  13. Rojith Munasinghe says

    June 13, 2021 at 5:08 am

    I am using iphone 7…It’s on 14.6 software version…and my caller id is ON but showing it in low transparency on my iPhone settings and I can’t turn it ON/OFF…And I turn on incoming calls as FULL SCREEN , but I can’t see anyone’s caller ID on my iphone’s display.
    how can I solve this problems ??? please tell me !!!

  14. Rojith Munasinghe says

    June 13, 2021 at 4:39 am

    I am using IPhone 7…It’s on 14.6 software version…and my caller id is ON but showing it in low transparency on my iPhone settings and I can’t turn it ON/OFF…And I turn on incoming calls as FULL SCREEN , but I can’t see anyone’s caller ID on my iphone’s display.
    Shoud I solve this problems ??? please tell me !!!

  15. Rob says

    June 6, 2021 at 12:24 am

    Try calling Apple Support with your Show Caller ID turned off. I did and the Apple AVR system still knew it was my number and linked it to all of my Apple account activity.. Apple talks about privacy but obviously the rules don’t apply to them. My carrier doesn’t even see my number when I call with show number turned off.

  16. Zainab says

    March 19, 2021 at 11:10 pm

    I am using IPhone 7 and my caller id isnt showing on my iPhone settings and I can’t turn it on or toggled with it
    I want to turn on it please how should I do it

  17. Beatrice says

    February 12, 2021 at 5:19 pm

    Can’t hear sound when there’s in coming calls also it tells me I am on another call so I should end the other caller before answering new one

  18. Michaela says

    January 23, 2021 at 12:40 am

    I have an iPhone 8 and my caller ID is off but I want to turn it on because no one answers my calls when they don’t know that it is me. If I go into settings the Caller ID section won’t load – I think it is because I changed phones and it doesn’t know if it is on or off. How do I turn it on?

  19. Tyra Harris says

    January 17, 2021 at 6:04 pm

    My caller I’d take to long for it to load 🤬🤬 so is there a other way for me to turn it on 😡

  20. Linda says

    October 21, 2020 at 9:57 am

    Help
    I need to turn on my caller ID but I don’t have the option to turn on/off caller ID on my iPhone 6 / 6s.
    I need to know how for a dating app. I have straight talk service NC

  21. Kathy Aston says

    September 22, 2020 at 3:22 pm

    I don’t have the option to turn on/off caller ID on my iPhone. When people call me, they see the name of my previous company. How do I change my caller ID? I have an iPhone 8.

  22. Jennifer Harley says

    September 21, 2020 at 6:53 am

    HERE IS THE BUMMER.

    VODACOM… OVERRIDES CALLER ID RECOGNITION BECAUSE THEY WANT YOU TO *PAY* .
    OKAY ITS ONLY r10.00 / MONTH BUT HOW DARE THEY

    I RECENTLY GOT A VODA CONTRACT BUT I HAVE NO RESPECT FOR THIS KIND OF ACTIVITIES.

    IT’S BORDERS ON EXTORTION

  23. Alma F Forte says

    August 12, 2020 at 10:11 pm

    When I go into Settings, then Phone on my iPhone 11, there is no option to enable or disable caller I’d. It simply is not there!!!! In a chat session with the carrier’s technicians, I was informed that the account showed that called I’d is enabled. It clearly is not. Enabled on my phone as recipients of my calls see my number come up.as private or restricted. Help please!!!!

  24. Athi says

    August 12, 2020 at 1:08 pm

    My incoming calls doesn’t show the caller Id whereas my caller Id is enabled but still doesn’t appear who’s calling what must I do to fix that it’s irritating😊

  25. Bikram Singh says

    July 31, 2020 at 7:14 pm

    i can not disabled shoow my id? How can i do it?

  26. Luke says

    July 29, 2020 at 12:41 am

    Every time someone calls my phone and the number comes up private even though they don’t have caller I’d turned on it still comes up as no caller I’d on my phone how do I fix this

  27. jennifer says

    June 11, 2020 at 8:44 am

    what happens if your iphone xr doesnt have the “show my Id” option???

  28. Tay Johnson says

    April 30, 2020 at 6:15 am

    This is was helpful. My Caller ID is my phone number. How do I change it to my name? Thank you!

  29. Dulani says

    April 7, 2020 at 2:58 am

    Show my caller id is not working.show my caller id is on but not off

  30. Andile says

    March 14, 2020 at 3:13 am

    Hey i am using iphone 6 and using vodacom number of South Africa now what should i do to activate show my caller id if it’s toggled on but doesn’t show whose calling?

  31. Sagar Bhaltadak says

    March 12, 2020 at 12:43 pm

    I want to turn off my show my caller ID ,but I can not get off…why it is happening so??

  32. Ruby saini says

    March 6, 2020 at 4:22 am

    I want to turn off my show my caller ID ,but I can not get off…why it is happening so??

  33. Martie says

    March 2, 2020 at 2:28 am

    Hi I have a Iphone 11 pro max and I’m nor abe to disable my caller id, It is greyed out???
    How can I fix it????
    .

  34. Shelley says

    October 14, 2019 at 5:41 am

    The caller ID will not toggle off on My I ph xr. I have reset all settings,l which made no differenice.

  35. Rishi Rishad says

    September 29, 2019 at 11:29 am

    Why I can’t desable caller ID on my phone

  36. Revathi says

    May 5, 2018 at 10:50 am

    Is there any problem, if i enable caller ID?

  37. Abhishek says

    September 8, 2017 at 4:11 am

    Show my caller Id is not working Show my caller Id is on but not off

  38. MS says

    March 11, 2017 at 10:23 pm

    If you don’t see the “Caller ID” setting on your iphone or you can’t toggle it as it is greyed out, you may have inadvertently disabled it with your carrier. Log in to enable it, wait 5 minutes, and redo on you phone. Voila it appears!

  39. Steve Zielinski says

    November 25, 2016 at 9:59 am

    My sprint carrier for my iPhone 7 does not seem to have the option to turn on caller ID. Everyone in my contact list says I show up as unknown. Help!!!

  40. Nancy says

    November 9, 2016 at 2:46 pm

    Am using Iphone 6s on Tigo carrier in Tanzania and i can not toggle it on or off. Neither does the *67 add number works for me?. What can i do?

  41. Shiven says

    November 2, 2016 at 12:17 pm

    i am using iphone 7 and using vodafone number of delhi ncr now what should i do to activate show my caller id if i am unable to toggle it while want to activate.

  42. Rohit Arora says

    September 19, 2016 at 2:06 am

    Hey i am using iphone 6 and using vodafone number of delhi ncr now what should i do to activate show my caller id if i am unable to toggle it while want to activate.

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