How can I make my cell phone number show up as unavailable?
When making a call from your cell phone, sometimes you might not want the person on the receiving end to have your personal number. Luckily, blocking the number is as easy as hitting a few extra buttons on your cell phone’s keypad.Keeping Your Cell Phone Number a SecretTo have your phone number show up on caller ID as “unavailable,” you need to dial an asterisk, followed by the numbers 6 and 7 before you dial the phone number. By inputting *67 before the call, you are blocking your number only for this one phone call. This is not a permanent solution, but it is highly effective if you only need to block your number a couple of times per month. To have your cell phone number show up as “unavailable” permanently, Tim Stevens of Switched.com suggests calling your service provider (See References 3). Before you make any requests of the customer service representative, ask if your phone has a setting that blocks your phone number from caller ID. If they say that the setting exists on your p
