Anonymous call rejection (User) - JolaPhone

Anonymous call rejection (User) - JolaPhone

How this Feature will help you

It blocks callers that withhold their number and plays them an automated message explaining why their call hasn’t connected.

Your Device won’t ring and you’ll receive no notification of the attempted call.

How to set up and use this feature

Click on the Anonymous Call Rejection settings icon on the Features page.


Then simply toggle the Feature ‘on’ or ‘off’.

Enabling it will stop callers that withhold their number from getting through, disabling it will allow them to ring your Device.


How to set up and use this Feature – on an IP Phone

Feature access codes can be used to control the feature on a phone, please refer to the Additional information section in this article.

How to set up and use this Feature – on an Application

You can turn the Anonymous Call Rejection Feature on and off via some of our Applications. Please check the relevant Application to see if teh feature is available.

Feature access codes can be used to control the feature on a phone, please refer to the Additional information section in this article.

Additional information

Anonymous call rejection does not apply to internal calls between other Users in your Company.

Unless your Administrator has changed the feature access codes, dialling *77 from your Device will turn ‘on’ the Feature and stop callers that withhold their number from getting through.  Dialling *87 from your Device will turn it ‘off’ and allow them to ring your Device. 


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