Turn off Caller ID and spam-lookup services on Google Android 14
Contacts and calls
Sensitivity 4/5
Default: On
Phones / Google Android 14 / Caller ID and spam-lookup services
Incoming and outgoing telephone numbers not in your contacts are queried against commercial directories. This process sends the number to the dialler provider to identify businesses or suspected nuisance callers.
- Goes to
- Google, Samsung, Xiaomi
- Default
- On
- Control
- Can be switched off
- Effort
- a few seconds
How to do it
Open the Phone app, tap the three dots menu, choose Settings, tap Caller ID & spam, and turn off the lookup toggles.
Menu names may differ by device and version.
What you lose
Incoming numbers will not be checked against Google's spam database or business directory.
What is collected
Incoming phone numbers, outgoing phone numbers, call timestamps, lookup queries.
It aims to identify incoming commercial callers and warn users about unwanted spam calls.
Retention is not stated here. The sensitivity rating is this site's own estimate.