Can A Blocked Number Leave A Voicemail

If you have blocked a phone number on your device, you may be wondering if the person whose number you blocked can still leave you a voicemail.

It’s a common question, and the answer isn’t always clear.

In this blog, I will go over the different factors that can affect whether or not a blocked number can leave you a voicemail and what you can do to prevent blocked numbers from leaving voicemails if you do not want to receive them.

So if you want to learn more about whether a blocked number can leave a voicemail and how to manage voicemails from blocked numbers, read on!

Can A Blocked Number Leave A Voicemail?

Yes, the blocked numbers will go straight to voicemail similar to the situation when your phone remains turned off.

You might be wondering whether a blocked number can leave a voicemail.

It is a valid question as you know getting blocked means that you will never be able to call that number again.

But you might have some important information or news that you want to share with that person and in that case it is necessary to know whether you can at least convey that information through a voicemail.

You would be relieved to know that you can leave a voicemail even if a person has blocked you from their contact list.

You can leave them a voicemail with the important things that you want to say even while being blocked.

However, be aware that even if you leave a voicemail it won’t show up with regular messages.

Why Can Blocked Numbers Still Leave Voicemail?

You can get voicemails from blocked numbers because the number isn’t actually blocked.

What you are doing is that you are enabling the system to routing past it so that it shows to the caller that you are unavailable or your phone is switched off.

In that case the call will go to the voicemail system which is hosted by your Carrier.

Until and unless you ask your carrier to block a number you will continue to get voicemails from blocked numbers because you did not block it as much as avoided it.

How To Stop A Blocked Number From Leaving A Voicemail?

There are a few ways through which you can try to stop a blocked number from leaving you voicemails.

1. Ask Your Carrier To Block That Number

You can easily stop a blocked number from leaving a voicemail by asking your Carrier to block that number.

However, it is often a special service due to which you might have to pay your carrier a certain fee.

And there is no guarantee that you will not be het disturbed by that number again as they can just use another number to call you.

They can also call you from the blocked number by disabling caller ID.

In that case your Carrier will not be able to block it.

2. Stop Your Voicemail Service

As an alternative you can always stop your voicemail service for your number.

However this might not be a wise decision as stopping voicemail will mean that you will not be able to get any voicemail from other numbers too that are not blocked.

You might miss some important information due to this when your phone remains switched off.

But if you still want to do that you can follow the steps below to turn voicemail service off.

Step 1: Go to your Phone Settings.

Step 2: Select Phone from the options.

Step 3: Navigate to Voicemail Settings and Turn it off.

Note: Some phones might ask you to confirm your password before proceeding.

And with that you can successfully disabled your Voicemail setting from your phone.

You might want to check it before becoming sure.

If you find that it is not disabled even after all this then you can call your Carrier and they will tell you how you can stop your Voicemails.

3. Stop Voicemail For That Number From Your Phone

You can also block voicemails from a single number if you are using a phone by Samsung where the company has recently incorporated such a feature.

To do that just follow the below mentioned steps.

Step 1: First open the Phone app and then find the contact that you want to block.

Step 2:  Tap on More Options from the list that is available.

Step 3: Now, tap Block to block that number.

Step 4: You will have to Confirm the Pop up message that asks whether you want to block that number.

And you are done blocking that number.

You won’t receive any voicemails from it either but if you still do then contact your carrier and ask how you can block voicemails from that number.