How to Remove Your Phone Number From Truecaller

If you don't want your phone number to appear when someone searches for you on Truecaller, you can request to have it unlisted from Truecaller's search results.

The process is straightforward, but there is an important step many people miss: you need to deactivate your Truecaller account before unlisting your number if you have an account. Truecaller says the removal can take up to 24 hours.

How to remove your number from Truecaller

Step 1: Deactivate your Truecaller account

If you currently use Truecaller, open the app and go to:

Profile icon → Settings → Privacy Center → Deactivate

On Android and iPhone, Truecaller currently directs users to the Privacy Center to deactivate their account.

Step 2: Go to Truecaller's official unlisting page

After deactivating your account, visit Truecaller's official Unlist Phone Number page and enter the phone number you want to remove.

Make sure you enter the number with the correct country code.

Truecaller official Unlisting page

Step 3: Wait for the removal

Truecaller says it can take up to 24 hours for a number to be removed because of caching processes.

If your number still appears after you've unlisted it, Truecaller says the old information may be stored locally on a phone that previously searched for your number. Clearing the search history or cache on that device may be necessary.

Important: You may not be able to unlist every number

Truecaller says that numbers marked as spam cannot be unlisted through this process.

If your number has been incorrectly marked as spam, that is a different issue and should be handled through Truecaller's support options.

Do you have to delete the app?

Simply deleting the Truecaller app from your phone is not the same thing as deactivating your account and unlisting your number.

If your goal is to remove your number from Truecaller's searchable database, follow the account-deactivation and unlisting process.

What if you only want to change the name attached to your number?

You don't necessarily need to remove your number.

Truecaller allows users to update their profile information. If you recently changed your name or the wrong name is displayed, you can update your profile through the app. Truecaller notes that profile changes can take up to 24 hours to appear.

Be careful with fake “Truecaller support”

You don't need to call a random phone number to unlist your number.

Truecaller explicitly says it does not have a customer-care phone number and warns users that numbers claiming to be Truecaller customer-care lines may be scams.

Use Truecaller's official website and Support Center instead.

The Bottom Line

If you want your phone number removed from Truecaller's search results:

Deactivate your Truecaller account → visit the official unlisting page → enter your number → allow up to 24 hours for removal.

And remember: deleting the app alone does not necessarily remove your number from Truecaller's database.

Protect your phone number just as carefully as you protect other personal information.