Tired of spam calls? Know how to silence unwanted calls on WhatsApp

WhatsApp has made communication easier, faster, more efficient, and more convenient for everyone throughout the globe. However, sometimes unwanted calls can make a user annoyed. Everyone needs a solution to reject those miscellaneous calls or text messages. Now, there are ways to put a full stop to this. As WhatsApp is making it easier for […]

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WhatsApp has made communication easier, faster, more efficient, and more convenient for everyone throughout the globe. However, sometimes unwanted calls can make a user annoyed. Everyone needs a solution to reject those miscellaneous calls or text messages. Now, there are ways to put a full stop to this. As WhatsApp is making it easier for users to reject unwanted and miscellaneous calls. 

New feature is applicable for Android, iOS versions of WhatsApp

Meta’s instant messaging app is now allowing users to silence spam calls from unknown contacts. These contacts might be also from the numbers not saved in your mobile’s contact list. This latest feature was introduced last week and is available on the stable version of WhatsApp. So, whether you are an Android user or iOS, this feature applies to both of them. However, the users still can be able to see when they’ll receive a call from unknown numbers. 

Last week, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerburg announced a new feature that allows WhatsApp users to silence unwanted incoming calls from unknown numbers. As the users can still see the notification of unwanted calls. It helps to avoid disturbances as these calls will not ring. 

How to silence unwanted calls?

Now, here are the easy 4 steps that you can follow to put the calls from the unknown number on your WhatsApp call on silent mode: 

1. Open the WhatsApp on your smartphone

 2. Go to ‘Settings’, and select ‘Privacy’ option

 3. In the ‘Privacy’ option, choose the ‘Calls’ tab

 4. Here, you can enable the toggle for ‘Silence Unknown Calls’

For Android users, they can access Settings by clicking on the three-dot option, while iOS users can select the gear icon to reach the Settings menu.

What else a user can do?

That’s not it, the users can also disable the toggle for ‘Silence Unknown Calls’ if they want to continue to hear the calls from contacts that are not saved in their contacts, including unwanted calls. 

Meanwhile, the users can opt to choose to save the numbers in their contact lists if they do not wish to miss important calls from known numbers that are not saved.