How to Remove Someone from iPhone Blocked List in 2024

If you blocked someone by mistake and realized that you need to unblock them but you don’t know how to remove someone from iPhone blocked list.

Don’t worry, because you can do this on your iPhone by going into the Settings app of your iPhone. It hardly takes a few steps but is slightly different for each app you blocked the contact through.

You can block contacts on your iPhone through the Phone app, Messages app, FaceTme, or the Mail app. This article will explain in detail how to remove someone from the iPhone blocked list.

This article will also provide answers to some FAQs like what happens to a blocked contact, if you can delete blocked contacts, and more.

So read on to know in detail about blocked contacts on your iPhone and how to remove someone from iPhone blocked list.

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How to Remove Someone from iPhone Blocked List

Here are the steps on how to remove someone from your iPhone’s blocked list:

1. Open the Phone app.
2. Tap the Contacts tab.
3. Find the contact you want to unblock and tap it.
4. Tap More (three dots icon) and select Unblock this Caller.

If you want to unblock a contact from the Recents list, follow these steps:

1. Open the Phone app.
2. Tap the Recents tab.
3. Find the contact you want to unblock and swipe left on it.
4. Tap Unblock.

You can also unblock a contact from the Settings app:

1. Go to Settings > Phone > Call Blocking & Identification.
2. Find the contact you want to unblock and tap Unblock.

Once you have unblocked a contact, they will be able to call, text, and FaceTime you again.

What Happens to a Blocked Contact?

If you block a contact on your iPhone, then that contact can’t call you. They also can’t FaceTime or text you. But a blocked contact on your iPhone can leave a voice mail, so they still have some way of getting in touch with you.

When a blocked number calls you, the call is immediately routed to your voicemail. This voicemail gets stored on your iPhone but you won’t receive any alert that you have a new message. This is to ensure that they don’t disturb you with voicemails.

This voicemail will be stored so you can check it out if needed, or you can just delete it. So ultimately it’s your call and your choice.

What if you blocked someone by mistake or if it was someone that you know but was irritating you as a prank. In such cases, you can remove the contact from your iPhone blocked list.

Below are some peculiar scenarios (which definitely didn’t happen to me) and how to go about them. Read on to know how to remove someone from iPhone blocked list.

Method 1 How to Remove Someone from iPhone Blocked List via the Phone App

Imagine your nephew or niece is constantly calling you for no reason but because they love you and instead of embracing this love, block them because you are an adult and you are easily annoyed.

Shame on you, but chances are that you blocked them through the Phone app and so when you realize what you have done is terribly wrong and immature, you can unblock them if you have had a change of heart. To remove someone from your iPhone blocked list, you can follow these steps,

Step 1 Open the Settings app on your iPhone.

Step 2 Tap on the Phone option.

Step 3 Tap on the Blocked Contacts option to see the list of contacts you have blocked through the Phone app.

Step 4 Tap on Edit in the upper right corner of the screen.

Step 5 Tap on the minus button (red circle) next to the number (choose your nephew/niece’s contact) you want to unblock.

Step 6 Tap on Unblock.

And voila, now you can receive calls from the contact.

Method 2 How to Remove Someone from iPhone Blocked List via the Messages App

Well, I can easily say you blocked your nephew/niece’s contact because they constantly message you but let’s say this time you blocked a friend for pulling a practical joke on you.

Let’s imagine a fake scenario in which a friend of yours uses a new number to pull a prank on you.

This friend sends you thousands of messages to irritate you while you are busy dealing with adult life work. Since you are so engrossed in boring adult life, you fail to see that it’s a joke and you block them from your Messages app.

Later when you find out this was indeed a close friend of yours, you want to remove them from the block list, and you can do that by,

Step 1 Open the Settings app on your iPhone.

Step 2 Tap on the Messages option.

Step 3 Tap on the Blocked Contacts option to see the list of contacts you have blocked through the Phone app.

Step 4 Tap on Edit in the upper right corner of the screen.

Step 5 Tap on the minus button (red circle) next to the number (choose your friend’s contact) you want to unblock.

Step 6 Tap on Unblock.

Now you can receive messages from the contact.

Method 3 How to Remove Someone from iPhone Blocked List via FaceTime

Similar to the above scenarios, there can be many other scenarios that cause you to block someone but later have to remove them from the block list.

If you blocked someone on FaceTime and ant to remove them from the block list, then follow these steps,

Step 1 Open the Settings app on your iPhone.

Step 2 Tap on FaceTime.

Step 3 Tap on the Blocked Contacts option to see the list of contacts you have blocked on FaceTime.

Step 4 Tap on Edit in the upper right corner of the screen.

Step 5 Tap on the minus button (red circle) next to the number you want to unblock.

Step 6 Tap on Unblock.

And there you have it, you can now receive FaceTime calls from the contact.

Method 4 How to Remove Someone from iPhone Blocked List via the Mail App

And finally, if you have been receiving spam emails and blocked them but later realized the spam emails were shared with you by your parents because they thought they might help you.

What kind of a monster you’d have to be to not know your parent’s mail ID and that they are trying to help you.

In such cases, you want to remove someone from your block list on the Mail app, then follow these steps,

Step 1 Open the Settings app on your iPhone.

Step 2 Tap on Mail.

Step 3 In here, tap on Threading.

Step 3 Under Blocked, you can see the list of IDs you have blocked on Mail.

Step 4 You can select the contact you want (choose your parents) to unblock them.

Now you can receive mail from the contact you unblocked.

How to Unblock Someone on WhatsApp for iPhone?

If you have blocked someone on WhatsApp you can always unblock them from within the app.

There are two ways you can go about doing this, one is by accessing the contact in the Contact section of WhatsApp and unblocking them from there or you can go to the Settings page and use the Blocked Contacts setting to remove or add people to the blocked list.

Method 1

• Open WhatsApp and then tap on Settings
• Click on Account and then tap on Privacy followed by Blocked Contacts
• Now select the contact you want to unblock and then tap on the Unblock button next to the name

Method 2

• Launch WhatsApp on your iPhone and then go to your Contacts list
• Click on the contact you wish to unblock
• A pop up will appear, click on Unblock to start messaging that contact once again.

How to Remove a Blocked Contact Permanently on WhatsApp for iPhone?

If you have someone who is tormenting you on WhatsApp then the best thing to do is to block them via the WhatsApp application.

But what if you want to remove the person permanently from your device and the blocked list on WhatsApp?

This is easy to do and you can remove any blocked contact by following these steps:

• Start by opening WhatsApp and then head to the Calls tab
• Choose the contact you want to block by tapping on the i icon next to the numbers and then tap on the Block Contact option
• Next, open the Phone or Call app on the iPhone and tap on the Contacts tab at the bottom of the screen
• Select the contact you just blocked on WhatsApp and then tap on the Edit button
• Scroll down and tap on Delete Contact followed by Delete Contact in the pop-up

How to Add Contacts to iPhone Blocked List from the Settings App?

Alternatively, you can add blocked contacts like phone numbers, email addresses, and more from the same screens you used to remove them.

To add contacts to the block list,

For the Phone App: Go to Settings -> Phone -> Blocked Contacts, here scroll down to the bottom of the screen, and then tap on Add New. Now tap the contact you want to block.

For the Messages App: Go to Settings -> Messages -> Blocked Contacts, here scroll down to the bottom of the screen and then tap on Add New. Now tap the contact you want to block.

For FaceTime: Go to Settings -> FaceTime -> Blocked Contacts, here scroll down to the bottom of the screen, and then tap on Add New. Now tap the contact you want to block.

For the Mail App: Go to Settings -> Mail -> Blocked Contacts, here scroll down to the bottom of the screen, and then tap on Add New. Now tap the contact you want to block.

To unblock, swipe left over the contact from the Blocked Contacts for each app and tap unblock.

How to Unblock someone on iPhone?

To unblock a contact on your iPhone, follow these steps,

Step 1 Open the Contacts app on your iPhone.

Step 2 Here, tap on a contact.

Step 3 Scroll down to the bottom of the scream and tap on Unblock this Caller. 

Step 4 Tap on Unblock Contact to confirm.

Can You delete Blocked Contacts on an iPhone?

If I got a penny for every time someone asked me if they can delete blocked contacts, then I would have 10-15 pennies at least.

The simple answer is yes, you can delete blocked contacts but the reason people ask this is that they think that once they delete the contact, then it would no longer be blocked because it is not present on the phone anymore.

But contrary to this belief, the contact once blocked will remain blocked even if you delete the contact from your iPhone.

The only way these contacts can be unblocked is by following the above methods. So, if you have blocked a telemarketing number and want to delete it, go ahead and delete it. To delete a blocked number,

Step 1 Open the Settings app on your iPhone.

Step 2 Tap on Phone.

Step 3 Tap on Blocked Contacts.

Step 4 Choose the Edit option and then swipe left on the number you want to delete and tap on delete.

You can do the same for contacts you blocked on Messages, FaceTime or Mail by tapping on them in the Settings app menu.

How to report spam or junk in the Messages app?

You can report iMessages that you think are spam or junk. To do this, follow these steps,

Step 1 Open the Message conversation from the unknown sender. 

Step 2 Tap on Report Junk below the message.

Doing this will forward the sender’s information to Apple and delete the message from your device. The sender can still send you a message even after reporting, if don’t want any messages from the sender, then you have to block them.

How to filter messages from unknown senders

You can filter messages from unknown people by following these steps,

Step 1 Open the Settings app on your iPhone.

Step 2 Tap on Messages.

Step 3 Scroll down and turn on Filter Unknown Senders.

Alternatively, you can do this too,

Step 1 In the Messages app, tap on Filters at the top left of your screen.

Step 2 Tap on Unknown Senders.

If you do either of these, you won’t get notifications from unknown contacts. 

How to Remove Someone from iPhone Blocked List on Truecaller?

To remove someone from your iPhone blocked list on Truecaller, you need to follow these steps:

1. Open the Truecaller app on your iPhone.
2. Tap on the three dots icon in the top right corner of the screen.
3. Select Settings.
4. Tap on Block.
5. Tap on Manage block list.
6. Tap on the minus icon next to the contact you want to unblock.
7. Tap on Unblock.

The contact will be removed from your blocked list and you will be able to receive calls and messages from them again.

Here are some additional things to keep in mind:

• If you have blocked a contact using the Truecaller app, you will need to unblock them using the Truecaller app as well. Blocking a contact using the iPhone’s native blocking feature will not unblock them in the Truecaller app.

• If you have blocked a contact using the iPhone’s native blocking feature, you can still unblock them by going to Settings > Phone > Blocked and tapping on the contact you want to unblock.

FAQs on How to Remove Someone from iPhone Blocked List

Takeaway – How to Remove Someone from iPhone Blocked List

So in conclusion, you can easily remove someone from your iPhone blocked list. All you have to do is open the Settings app, choose the app on which you blocked the contact, and then remove them from it using the methods explained in the article.

So, if you blocked a contact by mistake or on purpose because they annoy you or maybe because you tried a dumb prank (remember, none of this happened to me and this is not from a personal experience), you can still unblock these contacts if needed.

It’s simple, all you need to do is follow the methods and steps in this article on How to Remove Someone from iPhone Blocked List.

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