How To Hide Phone Number on MTN, Glo, Airtel and 9mobile

Do you want to hide your phone number or caller ID when you call in Nigeria? Here’s how to hide your number on MTN, Glo, Airtel, and 9mobile. Have you ever wondered why a number would call your line and you wouldn’t see a name on it but would rather see “Private” or just no visible name at all? Well, that’s because the person who called your line has hidden his or her number.

And if you want to know how that is being done, you can learn that from this article. In this article, you’ll learn how to hide your number on MTN, Glo, Airtel, and 9mobile. It’s quite simple and doesn’t have too much explanation.

However, if you don’t like people calling you with hidden numbers, you can use call blocker apps to block those kinds of calls.

How to Hide Your Phone Number on MTN, Glo, Airtel, and 9mobile

The steps are pretty simple and straight, but I’ll give a plain explanation on how to hide your number on any of the known networks in Nigeria, which are MTN, Glo, Airtel, and 9mobile. The methods are the same, and all you need to do is use a code alongside the number of the person you want to call before hitting the dial button.

How to Hide an MTN Number 

The steps are quite simple, require nothing, and will only take a minute of your time, and you can use the same method for the rest of Nigeria’s networks.

• Open your dialer app and type #31# before the number you want to call.

• For example, if the number you want to call is 00112200445, the call format will be #31#00112200445.
• Then smash the dial button.
• Once done, the person you’re calling won’t see a visible caller name on his or her phone.