According to TelCheck community data, people in France receive an average of three to five unsolicited calls per week — commercial canvassing, ping calls, robocalls, or scam attempts. In 2026, modern smartphones and French carriers offer effective tools to substantially reduce this flow. Here is the complete guide to blocking spam calls on iPhone and Android.
On iPhone: native iOS settings
Apple has integrated a powerful feature since iOS 13: Silence Unknown Callers. Go to Settings → Phone → Silence Unknown Callers and toggle it on. Any call from a number not in your contacts, recent messages, or emails is automatically sent to voicemail without ringing. To block a specific number, long-press it in the call log and select Block this Caller.
On iPhone: third-party filtering apps
Apple's CallKit API allows call-filtering apps to identify and block suspicious numbers before your phone rings. To enable them: Settings → Phone → Call Blocking & Identification, then activate the apps you have installed.
On Android: Google's built-in spam filter
On Android smartphones with the Google Phone app (Pixel, many Samsung, Nokia, Motorola), a built-in spam filter analyses each incoming call in real time and shows a "Likely spam" or "Likely scam" banner. To verify it is active: open the Phone app → ⋮ menu → Settings → Spam protection. Enable Filter spam calls to silently send identified spam calls to voicemail. To block a specific number, long-press it in the call history and select Block / Report as spam.
Your carrier's tools
- Orange: "Protection avancée" blocks known nuisance numbers at network level.
- SFR: "Anti-spam vocal" filters robocalls and known canvassing numbers.
- Bouygues Telecom: "Stop SPAM" automatically blocks identified nuisance calls.
- Free: filtering is configurable in the Freebox client portal or Free Mobile app.
Register on Bloctel: the legal anti-canvassing tool
Bloctel (bloctel.gouv.fr) is France's official telephone canvassing opposition register. Registration is free, takes under five minutes, and is valid for three years. Important: Bloctel reduces lawful commercial calls but has no effect on fraudulent calls — scammers disregard this list.
Check and report with TelCheck
When an unknown number gets through despite your filters, check it immediately on TelCheck (telcheck.fr) before calling back. Report spam or fraudulent numbers on TelCheck to enrich the community database, and on Signal Conso (signalconso.gouv.fr) to alert the DGCCRF.