We all have that one annoying friend who has a habit of calling at an inconvenient time. If you don’t want to block them, as it might affect your friendship, your iPhone gives you the option to silence their calls.
Whether you’re not in the mood to talk or are busy with some important work, here’s how to silence calls from a specific person on your iPhone.
1. Silence Calls From a Specific Contact Using Focus
The Focus feature on your iPhoneallows you to reduce distractions and focus on your work. You can enable it to silence app notifications and calls from your contacts.
You can also set up a custom Focus to silence calls from a specific contact. Here’s how to do it:
Now, all you need to do isopen the Control Center on your iPhone, long-press theFocustoggle, and select the Focus mode you just created.
Your iPhone will now automatically silence calls from the selected contacts when this Focus is active. You canturn off the Focus featurewhen you’re ready to take calls again.
2. Silence Calls From a Specific Contact By Assigning a Silent Ringtone
Your iPhone allows you toassign custom ringtonesto your contacts. You can use this feature to assign a silent ringtone to contacts whose calls you don’t want to answer. This way, your phone will still ring when they call, but you won’t hear anything because of the silent ringtone.
Follow these simple steps to assign a silent ringtone to a contact:
Once you’ve purchased the silent ringtone, your iPhone will automatically set it as the default ringtone for the selected contact.
Silence Annoying Calls on Your iPhone
Whether it’s a spam call or a call from your annoying friend, you might find yourself in a situation where you want to avoid calls from a specific person without blocking them. In this case, you can silence their calls using Focus or assign them a silent ringtone.
In addition to silencing calls, you can do plenty of other things with your iPhone’s Focus feature.
