How To Hide Phone Number on MTN, Glo, Airtel and 9mobile

How To Hide Phone Number on MTN, Glo, Airtel and 9mobile

Do you want to hide your phone number or Caller ID when you call in Nigeria? Here’s how to hide your number on MTN, Glo, Airtel and 9mobile. Have you ever wondered why a number would call your line and you won’t see a name on it but you’ll rather see Private or just no visible name at all? Well, that’s because the person who called your line has hidden his or her number.

And if you want to know how that is being done, you can learn that from this article and in this article, you’ll learn how to hide number on MTN, Glo, Airtel and 9mobile. It’s quite simple and doesn’t have too much explanation.

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However, if you don’t like people calling you with hidden numbers, you can use call blockers to block those types of callers, I’ve written about some of the best call blocker apps here on Naijatechnews, you can check them out.

How To Hide Phone Number on MTN, Glo, Airtel and 9mobile

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How To Hide Number on MTN, Glo, Airtel and 9mobile

The steps are pretty simple and straight, but I’ll give a plain explanation on how to hide your number on any of the known networks in Nigeria which are MTN, Glo, Airtel and 9mobile. The methods are the same and all you just need to do is use a code alongside the number of the person you want to call before hitting the dial button.

How To Hide Number on MTN

How To Hide Phone Number on MTN, Glo, Airtel and 9mobile

The steps are pretty simple, doesn’t require anything and won’t even take one minute of your time, and you can use the same method for the rest of the networks in Nigeria

  • To hide numbers on your MTN, you need to do the following.
  • Open your dialer app and type #31# before the number you want to call
  • I.e if the number you want to call is 00112200445, then the call format will be
  • #31#00112200445 then hit the dial-up button on your MTN line.
  • Once you do that, the person you’re calling won’t see a visible caller name even if he or she is using a caller ID app.

How To Hide Number on Glo

How To Hide Phone Number on MTN, Glo, Airtel and 9mobile

  • To hide numbers on your Glo line, you need to do the following.
  • Open your dialer app and type #31# before the number you want to call
  • I.e if the number you want to call is 00112200445, then the call format will be
  • #31#00112200445 then hit the dial-up button on your Glo line.
  • Once you do that, the person you’re calling won’t see a visible caller name even if he or she is using a caller ID app.

How To Hide Number on Airtel

How To Hide Phone Number on MTN, Glo, Airtel and 9mobile

The steps are pretty simple, doesn’t require anything and won’t even take one minute of your time, and you can use the same method for the rest of the networks in Nigeria

  • To hide numbers on your Airtel, you need to do the following.
  • Open your dialer app and type #31# before the number you want to call
  • I.e if the number you want to call is 00112200445, then the call format will be
  • #31#00112200445 then hit the dial-up button on your Airtel line.
  • Once you do that, the person you’re calling won’t see a visible caller name even if he or she is using a caller ID app.

How To Hide Number on 9mobile

How To Hide Phone Number on MTN, Glo, Airtel and 9mobile

The steps are pretty simple, doesn’t require anything and won’t even take one minute of your time, and you can use the same method for the rest of the networks in Nigeria

  • To hide numbers on your 9mobile, you need to do the following.
  • Open your dialer app and type #31# before the number you want to call
  • I.e if the number you want to call is 00112200445, then the call format will be
  • #31#00112200445 then hit the dial-up button on your 9mobile line.
  • Once you do that, the person you’re calling won’t see a visible caller name even if he or she is using a caller ID app.

Conclusion

With that simple code, you’ll be able to hide numbers on your Android and iOS device without going through any stress, your caller won’t know who is calling until he or she picks the call. This trick can be used on you too, so everyone is a victim here.

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