How to hide my number on Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus

How to hide your phone number on Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus

Don’t want your number to appear when you make a call? You just have to hide your number on Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus. How it works is explained below.

A quick and safe way to get started is to download an application to hide your number. In particular, we recommend Hide My Number and Unknown caller.

Otherwise, here’s how to make anonymous calls natively on your Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus.

How can I hide my number on Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus?

To hide your phone number, you have two options.

It depends on whether you want to hide your number for each contact, or only for a specific person.

You can configure the system of your Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus as it is best for you.

Systematically hide your number

  • Go to “Settings” in your menu.
  • Click on “Call settings”. You can choose between several options.
  • If no option to hide calls appears here, first click on “Additional settings”. This procedure may vary from smartphone to smartphone.
  • Press “Caller ID”, then “Hide number”.

Specifically hide your number

  • To hide your number only for certain people, you must type # 31 # on your Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus, and then the phone number of the person for whom you would like to hide your number.
  • If you plan to permanently hide your number from a specific person, you can directly save # 31 # with their number as a contact.

Code to hide the number

You can also use a code to hide your phone number.

It’s the same result, the only difference is that this method saves you time : you don’t have to go to the menu of your Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus for each call.

  • Open the keyboard of your Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus.
  • Enter * 31 #.
  • Click on the handset.
  • Your phone number will no longer be displayed when you make a call.
  • To reactivate the display of your number, you must enter # 31 # on the keypad and press the handset. From then on, your number will be displayed again.
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How to hide your number if you have an older Android version

If your Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus has an older version of Android, you may need to do this differently.

  • Open the settings.
  • Click on “Call settings”.
  • Press “All calls” and to end on “Hide number”.

We hope that we have answered all of your questions about stopping your number from being displayed when calling from your Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus.

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