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Can You Toggle the “Silence Unknown Callers” Setting?

Is it possible to toggle the “Silence Unknown Callers” setting via a shortcut on y phone?

I figured it would be easy to have a macro for that when you need to turn that shutting on and off to accept the phone call from somebody you don’t know what the number is.
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Joe Siegler

Comments: 6 Responses to “Can You Toggle the “Silence Unknown Callers” Setting?”

    7 months ago

    No, but you can get close. Use the Open URL action and this URL:

    prefs:root=Phone&path=SILENCE_CALLS

    This will take you right to the setting. You still have to switch it on or off thought.

    Joe Siegler
    7 months ago

    That’ll do well enough for now. Thank you for the pointer.

    Sally Eder
    7 months ago

    This would be so helpful; however, I am a total newbie to Shortcuts and can't seem to find what I need to make this work. Would you mind showing detailed steps, or perhaps putting it in a YouTube short? Thanks.

    7 months ago

    Sally: I have an intro to Shortcuts here: https://macmost.com/an-introduction-to-shortcuts-on-the-mac.html
    There is also my new course. I don't think a "short" would help since cramming that into 1 minute would just add more confusion.

    Sally Eder
    7 months ago

    Got there - thanks!

    Bhaskar
    1 month ago

    Many thanks for the pointer, Gary. Has been the most useful shortcut on my iPhone till date

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