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How do I hide my telephone number when making a call?

cacti
cacti Posts: 170 Forumite
in Phones & TV
How do I hide my telephone number when making a call on my landline? I am with Talk Talk. What will appear on the phone of the person I am calling if they have caller ID? Does this also work when calling a mobile? Your answers will be very gratefully received. Thankyou.

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  • Quentin
    Quentin Posts: 40,405 Forumite
    If you hide your number then the receiver will show something like "unavailable".

    You can switch to hiding your number permanently via your online account, or put 141 before each number you dial when you want to to hide your number

    When withheld calls to mobiles they get a "private caller" or similar message.
  • cacti
    cacti Posts: 170 Forumite
    Do I just dial 141 and then the number without any spaces?
  • Quentin
    Quentin Posts: 40,405 Forumite
    Yes .
  • GlynD
    GlynD Posts: 10,883 Forumite
    cacti wrote: »
    Do I just dial 141 and then the number without any spaces?

    Yes - that's correct.
  • cacti
    cacti Posts: 170 Forumite
    Thankyou both.
  • ValHaller
    ValHaller Posts: 5,212 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Quentin wrote: »
    If you hide your number then the receiver will show something like "unavailable".

    You can switch to hiding your number permanently via your online account, or put 141 before each number you dial when you want to to hide your number

    When withheld calls to mobiles they get a "private caller" or similar message.
    If you as caller withhold your number, it should display as 'WITHHELD'. 'UNAVAILABLE' is reserved for situations where the CLI data is either not available or suppressed by the network.
    You might as well ask the Wizard of Oz to give you a big number as pay a Credit Referencing Agency for a so-called 'credit-score'
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