How to block numbers, messages and calls on Xiaomi

Spam calls and messages are received from unknown numbers every day, causing annoyance and frustration. Fortunately, however, you can limit this by occasionally going to block the numbers to prevent them from trying to call you again . So today we are going to see how to do it, but focusing exclusively on Xiaomi devices with MIUI. Whenever a number is blocked (using any of the procedures indicated below), it will no longer be able to make calls or send messages to our contact, unless it is decided to unblock it.

Block a number on Xiaomi

There are many methods to block a phone number, and today we are obviously going to see all of them in order to perform the best procedure in each situation.

Block a number on Xiaomi recently

Let’s start right away with the section within which you will always find all the numbers that have tried to contact us. From here you can proceed with the block without problems.

• Open the “Phone” application
• Go to the “Recent” section below
• Click the “i” button to the right of the number to block
• Choose “Lock ” in the lower right corner

Block a number in Xiaomi from the settings of the application “Telephone

The procedure can also be completed within the “Telephone” application but its configuration is reviewed.

• Open the “Phone” application
• Click on the icon with 3 dots in the upper right corner
• Continue with “Settings”
• Choose the option related to blocking numbers or calls
• Select the desired option between: key in the number to block, search in recent calls, search in contacts
• Follow the wizard for the chosen option

Automatically block an unknown number on Xiaomi

From the same configuration, you can even enable a useful option that will automatically block unknown numbers that try to contact us.

• Open the “Phone” application
• Click on the icon with 3 dots in the upper right corner.
• Continue with “Settings”
• Choose the option related to blocking numbers or calls
• Click on the option related to automatic call barring and confirm by selecting the entry with anonymous numbers

How to block a number on Xiaomi using a third-party application

In case the MIUI settings are not to your liking, we suggest you take a look at an article written only for the list of the best applications in the Play Store (and therefore compatible with any Android device) that can perform the blocking in a simple and effective way.

Unblock a number on Xiaomi

Before we finish with the guide, let’s see how to perform the reverse operation and unblock a phone number on Xiaomi.

• Open the “Phone” application
• Click on the icon with 3 dots in the upper right corner.
• Continue with “Settings”
• Choose the option related to blocking numbers or calls
• Click on the “-“ symbol to the right of the number

The same operation can also be carried out through the information of the number itself.

• Click on the “i” button to the right of the number to be unblocked
• Click on the icon with 3 dots in the upper right corner.
• Unblock the contact