Calls coming from unknown number on WhatsApp? Turn on this setting immediately
Uma Shankar February 04, 2026 09:24 PM

WhatsApp has millions of active users, which is why this platform has become the favorite app of cyber criminals also. People are trapped through WhatsApp and then fraud is carried out, if you are getting worried from unknown numbers again and again, then let us tell you how you can silence these calls. If the calls coming from an unknown number become silent then you will not know and you will miss the call, due to which you can avoid falling into the trap of fraudsters.

To protect yourself from Unknown Callers, there is a useful feature on WhatsApp called Silence Unknown Callers. This feature automatically silences the calls coming to your number so that you do not even know when the call has come because if you know then you will answer the call. But when the call is not detected then the call will be missed by you and you will be saved from falling into the trap of fraudsters. This feature is available for both Android and Apple iPhone users, let us tell you how to turn on this feature?

WhatsApp Silence Unknown Callers: Android users can turn on the setting like this

  • First of all open WhatsApp.
  • After this click on the three dots menu.
  • You will see privacy option in WhatsApp settings.
  • Calls option will appear on scroll down.
  • Here you people have to click on the Silence Unknown Callers option.

iPhone users will also get this feature in the calls option in the privacy section of WhatsApp settings. The benefit of turning on this feature will be that if someone calls you on WhatsApp whose number is not saved in your phone, then WhatsApp will automatically silence that call and you will be safe.

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