How to hide incoming caller number and name on Android phone?

When you receive a phone call, the caller’s name and number will be displayed on your phone screen even when it is locked. Some phones may display only the caller name, it is good if you only want to see the caller name but not the phone number as you can just save the phone number with a fake contact name. Some phones have the security or privacy setting to hide private contacts’ names and numbers. But what if your Android phone shows both phone number and name of the caller during incoming calls without any option to hide them? Today we will introduce the best security app for locking incoming calls which can secure your Incoming phone calls under a password or pattern, so no one can see the caller’s name or phone number, no one can answer your phone calls.

How to hide incoming caller number and name on Android phone?

The Android app AppLock from Domobile is the security app you will need. You can find and download it from Google Play and other Android markets.

To set it up on your mobile phone, you need to configure the app unlock password or pattern first, then set a security email for the lock password or pattern recovery. After that you can use it to lock settings and apps on your phone.

To lock incoming calls and hide callers’ names and phone numbers, tap to run the security app, then unlock it with the preset password or pattern, finally click the lock icon to lock Incoming Call, see below figure.

Once you have enabled incoming call lock, people can hear the ringtone, but incoming phone calls will be locked with the password or pattern. In order to see the caller’s name and number or answer the phone call, you will need to unlock the screen first.

Important tips about incoming call lock

• Enabling incoming call lock, all incoming calls will be protected using the password or pattern, you can set it to lock only certain private contact or phone number.
• This will not only hide the caller name and phone number from the lock screen during incoming call, but also when your phone screen is unlocked. Thus this incoming call lock can effectively prevent others from taking incoming calls even if they have access to your phone or your phone has been unlocked.