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Friends, in today’s modern era, WhatsApp is the most popular app of instant messaging, which has more than 4 billion users all over the world, the company brings many types of features for its users, in such a situation, if you are troubled by spam and scam calls coming from unknown numbers on WhatsApp, then you are not alone. Unwanted calls from unknown contacts have become a growing problem for both Android and iPhone device users. To deal with this problem, WhatsApp has introduced a very useful privacy feature called “Silence Unknown Callers”. Let us know about this feature-

Once this feature is turned on, your phone will not ring when an unknown WhatsApp caller tries to contact you. However, the missed call will still appear in the ‘Calls’ tab, so you can refer to it later if needed.

Key Benefits of “Silence Unknown Callers” Feature

Prevents hassles from spam and scam callers.

Prevents your phone from ringing when you receive unknown WhatsApp calls.

Helps improve privacy and security.

Missed calls from unknown numbers still appear in the ‘Calls’ section.

Available for both Android and iPhone users.

Android users can enable this feature in a few simple steps:

Open WhatsApp on your smartphone.

Tap on the three-dot menu in the top-right corner.

Select ‘Settings’.

Go to ‘Privacy’ section.

Scroll down and tap ‘Calls’.

Turn on the “Silence Unknown Callers” option.

Once enabled, all WhatsApp calls from unsaved numbers will be automatically silenced.

How can iPhone users turn on this feature?

Open WhatsApp on your iPhone.

Tap on the ‘Settings’ tab at the bottom of the screen.

Open the ‘Privacy’ section.

Tap on ‘Calls’.

Turn on the “Silence Unknown Callers” option.

After turning on this setting, unknown WhatsApp calls will no longer bother you with ringing notifications.