Easy Ways to Block a Number or Contact on Apple Watch

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Use your Watch to block someone without your iPhone

Co-authored by Darlene Antonelli, MA Reviewed by Stan Kats

Last Updated: January 16, 2024 Fact Checked

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Blocking a Contact

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Blocking a Number

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Are you trying to block someone on your Apple Watch? Fortunately, you can prevent a contact or number from bothering you with text messages or calls in just a few easy taps! This wikiHow article shows you how to block someone on your Apple Watch.

Things You Should Know

To block a contact on Apple Watch, open your Contacts, then tap "Block" on a contact's page.
To block a number, open "Phone," go to "Recents," and tap "Block this caller."
Use an iPhone to unblock a caller in the Apple Watch app. Go to "My Watch > Phone > Blocked Contacts" and swipe left on the blocked contact.

Method 1

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How to Block a Contact

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Open Contacts on your Apple Watch. Tap the app icon that looks like the silhouette of a person, or, if you don't see that icon, open the Phone app and tap Contacts .
- Use this method if the person you want to block is set up as a contact. If you want to block a random number, skip this method.
Use the Digital Crown to scroll up and down the list, then tap one to select it.

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- If you have an iPhone, open the Apple Watch app and navigate to My Watch > General > Restrictions > Contacts > Add Contacts and select the contact you want to block.

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Open the Phone app. It looks like a green receiver icon.
- Use this method to block a number that isn't saved to your contacts.
This will list all the numbers that have recently contacted you.
You'll see the circled "i" icon when you're looking at a number.
Doing so will stop the calls from coming through on your Apple Watch.

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Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone. Sadly, you cannot unblock someone using only your Apple Watch.
- This will unblock that number or contact so they can call or message you again.
This tab shows you information about your Watch, which you can manage from here.
You'll see a list of blocked contacts that you blocked using your Watch.
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Swipe left on the contact you want to unblock. Doing this will delete or remove the number/contact from the blocked list.
- You may need to confirm your action by tapping Unblock to continue.