Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Turn On or Off Your Caller Identification

The nice thing when you have the Samsung Galaxy SIII as your device is that you can set almost everything inside it to suit your need with ease. One of them is that you can block unknown or unwanted incoming call by adding them on your rejection list.

See also: How to Block Unknown or Unwanted Calls on Samsung Galaxy S3

In addition to reject a certain number that you do not want to call you, you can also hide your own caller identification. By turn this feature on, your caller id will be hidden, so the person that you call can not know your id. For example, when you want to ask about a discount at a store without wanting they know your telephone number to prevent their marketing re-contact you to promotions or offers goods.

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How to hide your caller id?
As written on vodafone.co.uk, to turn on this feature on your Galaxy SIII, kindly following the easy steps below:
  1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
  2. Scroll to Phone, then tap on it.
  3. Press the Menu Key.
  4. On the pop-up menu that appear, select Call Settings.
  5. Select Additional settings.
  6. At the setting that displayed, tap on the Caller ID.
  7. Select Hide number to turn on this features.
  8. Finish. Now your caller id will be hidden when you make a call.

How to show your caller id?
From the same source, to unhide your hidden caller id again, here are the steps you need to do:
  1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
  2. Scroll to Phone, then tap on it.
  3. Press the Menu Key.
  4. On the pop-up menu that appear, select Call Settings.
  5. Select Additional settings.
  6. At the setting that displayed, tap on the Caller ID.
  7. Select Show number to turn off this features.
  8. Finish. Now your caller id will be displayed again when you make a call.

Well, it's easy and simple to do, right? By knowing on how to setup your own caller identification, now you can set it as your wish and need. So, try this useful feature and share your experience here through the comment below :)
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18 comments:

  1. Unknown7 July 2013 at 13:29

    when i go to additional setting the only thing that pops up is noise reduction not caller id. How do i get to caller id lol?

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    1. Rehan7 July 2013 at 20:12

      Hi Sam Mcclooney,
      Thanks for coming here.
      Yes, you right. Some of carrier was disabling advanced call setting on their phone(such as call waiting, call barring, etc) and the users will only see noise reduction option available there. I don't know why, may anybody here told us something about this.

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  2. Brid Whelan16 July 2014 at 10:58

    i have set my caller ID to 'show' but yet my outgoing calls are all private numbers... I had the same problem with the SII, so is it my sim card??

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    1. Rehan16 July 2014 at 15:50

      Hi Brid Whelan,
      Thanks for coming.
      FYI, some carriers sometimes provide their users with a specific code to hide or show caller ID. So, there are two solutions that can be used for your issue:
      1. Try selecting "Network default" instead of "Show number" option in the Caller ID menu.
      2. Ask your network provider whether you need to show your caller ID by using a specific code.

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  3. Unknown28 August 2014 at 11:45

    I have a S3 however when I go to the call setting option it does not have an additional setting option?

    How can I unblock my number?

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    1. Rehan29 August 2014 at 21:29

      Hi Tamar Gersaba,
      Thanks for coming.
      Can you please tell me your model number?
      FYI, in some carriers (e.g: Verizon) some options (e.g: caller ID, Call barring, etc) in the call settings are not available.

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    2. Harry_D5 August 2016 at 11:46

      I has same issue and I have Sprint. SPH-L710 Android version 4.4.2

      I thought I had this turned on before.

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  4. Hannah3 November 2014 at 13:06

    I do not have an "additional settings" option on my SIII Android Version 4.4.2. Caller ID is automatically blocked, and I wish to disable this. Is there any way to find additional settings if they're hidden?

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    1. Rehan3 November 2014 at 21:16

      Hi Hannah,
      Thanks for coming.
      FYI, in some model numbers, the "additional settings" in the Phone app settings is unavailable. Other way, you can call your service provider to change the caller ID settings.

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  5. Unknown20 November 2014 at 05:15

    Like others I do not have the “additional setting” available in my Galaxy iii but here’s what’s written in the manual, hope this helps.
    Caller ID: If you do not want your number displayed when you make a call, follow these steps.
    1. Press home key and tap phone .
    2. Tap the Keypad tab to display the onscreen dialer.
    3. Tap . * 6 7
    1. Enter a phone number and then tap phone.
    To permanently block your number, call Sprint Customer Service.

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    1. Rehan20 November 2014 at 17:43

      Hi Don Whalen,
      Thanks for coming and share this useful information here. I really appreciate it.
      I believe that it'll be useful for other Sprint S3 users :)

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  6. wildturkey26 March 2015 at 19:02

    I used to have additional settings for caller id on my s3, but they have disappeared. What happened???

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    1. Rehan27 March 2015 at 12:32

      Hi Wildturkey,
      Thanks for coming.
      Did you make any change before encountering this issue?
      From what I know, in some model numbers of Samsung Galaxy S3, the additional settings menu is not available.
      However, you can alternatively change the Caller ID settings by using a code that you can get from your mobile service provider.

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  7. Unknown18 November 2015 at 11:19

    Hi rehan
    I find to make calls few times and other times iam not able to as a message pops up as conditional call forwarding active and call dis connects

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  8. Unknown22 December 2015 at 16:08

    I have a s3 sch-i535 Verizon kitkat 4.4.2 and I can't find my caller I'd setting to block or unblock can I have some help please

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    1. Rehan22 December 2015 at 20:37

      Hi Lenny Fox,
      Thanks for coming.
      From what I know, the default option to show/block caller ID in the sch-i535 is not available.

      However, there are two ways that you can do to block your caller ID:
      1. Press *67 before you dial your call.
      2. If you want to block your Caller ID on all of your outgoing calls, you can set that up through your Verizon account.

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  9. Unknown3 February 2017 at 13:00

    thanks this helped alot!

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  10. Unknown27 June 2017 at 09:35

    I want to disable caller id on my phone it keeps saying its stopping and wont let me make calls what do I do??///

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