How to Remove Your Number From Truecaller
Truecaller is a famous app that shows you contact information of unknown numbers calling you. It crowd sources contact information from all its users' address books. So even if you've never used the service, your name and number could be on Truecaller's database, thanks to someone adjunct who's saved your contact details and permit the app to access them.
Not everyone knows this, but for some fixed-line phones, Truecaller even lists the address of the landline. This doesn't mean much when telemarketers or spammers call from an office address, but ideally you wouldn't desire strangers to know your home address just because you called them from your landline. Of course Truecaller sources this data from public data sources. This is because if someone knows your landline number, they can easily find the registered address via any publicly available phone book (many telcos have this information public) or even by simply finding for your landline number on Google.
For this reason, you should contentment removing your number from Truecaller's database. Note that you can't remove your number from the service if you are using the app. You'll have to deactivate your own account to get your number removed. If you were hoping to get just your number removed, while seeing contact details of everyone adjunct who calls, you're out of luck.
If you are ready to remove Truecaller once and for all, here's what you need to do. If you are using the app on iPhone, Android, or Windows mobile, here's how to disband your Truecaller account.
Steps to disband your Truecaller account andoride
Open the app > tap the people icon in the upper left corner > Settings > About > Deactivate account.
iPhone
Open the app > tap the gear icon in the top right corner > About Truecaller > Scroll down > Deactivate Truecaller.
Windows Mobile
Open the app and tap the three dots in the bottom right corner > Settings > Help > Deactivate account.
Once you have deactivated your Truecaller account, you can proceed to removing your number from the service. Here's how.
How to remove your number from Truecaller
Go to the Truecaller unlist page.
Enter your phone number with the correct country code. For example: +911140404040 or +919999999999.
Tick one of the reasons for unlisting, or if you wish, type your reasons for removal in the Other form.
Key in the confirmation captcha.
Click Unlist.
Truecaller claims that it removes these numbers up to 24 hours after receiving an unlist request. This doesn't always mean that your number will stay off the service contractility . We'd removed our mobile number around a year ago but it started appearing again on the service a few days ago even though we've never used Truecaller. Your best bet is to keep checking with Truecaller users whether they see your contact details . If they don't, you're good to go. If not, you can always ask them to unlist your number.
How do I unlist my phone number?
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You can at any time opt-out from our database through our webpage. If you are a Truecaller user, please deactivate your account first.
On Android: Tap on the 3 stripe menu -> settings -> privacy center.
On iPhone: Tap on the profile avatar (upper left) - > settings -> privacy center.
Important! It can take up to 24 hours before your number obtain removed. Numbers marked as spam cannot be unlisted.
Note, you need to include your country code in front of the phone number. For example, +91xxxx, +46xxxx, +1xxxx.
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