4 Ways To Turn Off Voicemail On An Iphone

Many providers don’t support this feature, so this won’t work for everyone.

This shortcode will not work for the majority of pre-paid and pay-as-you-go plans.

The first section of text is related to voice call forwarding. This section usually tells you whether voice call forwarding was deactivated successfully. The trouble is, in many cases, you will still see “Setting Deactivated Succeeded” even if the code did not disable your voicemail—the only way to make sure is to try calling yourself from another phone.

If you are not routed to your voicemail when calling on another phone, great! If you are still routed to voicemail when calling from another phone, you will only be able to turn off your voicemail by contacting your provider.

Depending on your account and provider, your voicemail forwarding may reactivate automatically when you restart your iPhone.

Because this method will delete your saved greetings, messages, and settings, it should only be used to disable your voicemail permanently.

T-Mobile or Sprint: Dial 611 or call 1-800-937-8997 Verizon: Dial *611 or call 1-800-922-0204 AT&T: Dial 611 or 1-800-331-0500 Telus: Dial 611 or 1-866-558-2273 Xfinity Mobile: Dial 1-888-936-4968 BT Mobile: Dial 0800 800 150 Rogers: Dial 611 or 1-888-764-3772 Vodafone: Dial 199. Cricket: Dial 611 or 1-800-274-2538

Once your voicemail is disabled, your unanswered or rejected calls will be routed to a recording that states that your mailbox is inactive.

Forwarding your incoming calls to another phone number means that your iPhone will not ring when people call you. If you don’t have another phone number to send your calls to (and you live in the United States), you can get a free phone number from Google Voice. See How to Get a Google Voice Phone Number for more information. Call forwarding must be supported by your provider and plan.

To disable call forwarding, return to Settings > Phone > Call Forwarding and toggle the switch to Off (white/gray).

To put your phone into airplane mode, open the Control Center by swiping up from the bottom of the home screen (if you have a physical Home button) or by swiping down from the top-right corner (if you don’t have a Home button) and tapping the airplane icon.

If you have Sprint, your mailbox fills up after receiving 30 messages. [4] X Research source Messages are automatically deleted after 30 days, so you’ll have to do this often to keep your mailbox full. If you’re using Verizon, you’ll need to leave 40 messages to fill your mailbox. [5] X Research source