How to turn off call waiting, caller id block, and other Verizon calling features
It’s a such funny world these days.
Privacy is something many of us guard — like we have unlisted telephone numbers so that they are not printed in phone book. Or…Verizon also lets you set-up Caller ID block — where YOUR caller ID is blocked from being shown to the person you are calling.
Yet at the same time I’m sure a lot of people that use these privacy features also instruct Verizon to turn on “anonymous call rejection” — meaning, you won’t take their call if they do the same thing to you! You want to be private, but won’t accept others that want the same thing too! 🙂
Once in awhile, the person you’re calling is smart as you and has turned on anonymous call rejection — which means that if you want to ring their phone, then you have to first TURN OFF your caller id block before calling them. But how do you do that? You run into this so infrequently that you forget the “* code” for Verizon to toggle this feature on and off.
Here’s how, plus some of the other popular Star Codes for Verizon:
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IF YOU SUBSCRIBE |
TURN ON |
TURN OFF |
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ALL Outbound Caller ID Block |
*67 |
*82 |
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Per Call Outbound Caller ID Block |
*67 |
automatically turns off after you hang up |
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*69 Call Return |
*69 |
*89 |
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Anonymous Call Rejection |
*77 |
*87 |
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Busy Redial |
*66 |
*86 |
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Call Forwarding |
72# |
73# |
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Call Waiting |
Click Hookswitch |
*70 |
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Speed Dial 8 |
*74 |
|
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Speed Dial 30 |
*75 |
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3-way Calling |
Call 1st party. Click Hookswitch & get dial tone. Call 2nd party. Click Hookswitch after 2nd party is connected. |
Either of 2 parties can hang-up and remaining 2 parties will continue conversation. If call originator hangs-up, all conversations will end. |
Thank You!!! I’ve been searching Verizon sites for hours with no luck…until I found this site. Kudos. Sincerely, KC
Thanks so much. This was really a big help to me!
yeah i like the caller black but i heard that there is a cheat for the Verizon Impulse and it gives un unlimited minutes.
i deed ur help. im spending so much money and it only lasts me for about one week
thank you…very nicely done…exactly what i was looking for…
Thank you! This info was not easily found on the Verizon website, and I needed it in a timely way. So I appreciate you making it available. I found this info using a google search.
I’ll add one – *71 if you want your phone to ring and move on to after a few rings. *73 turns this feature off.
Thanks! That’s a neat one to try out.
thanks, just what i needed.
cannot get att universe to block calls using 60
According to http://www.att.com/gen/general?pid=3491 you need to use *60 and the 6 callers should be on your list first.
James, have you looked at this tutorial for the block call service on ATT U-verse? http://www.att.com/gen/general?pid=3491#
*66 (busy Redial) doesn’t work with Verizon Wireless phones.