How To Turn Off Voicemail On Android

How to Turn Off Voicemail on Android

There are a handful of ways that you can use to disable voicemail on your Android phone. You can turn it off by requesting the deactivation of this feature from your carrier, filling up your voice mailbox, or by forwarding your incoming calls to another number.

Method 1: Ask Your Carrier to Disable Voicemail

The easiest way to disable voicemail on your number is to ask your carrier to disable it. You can do so by dialing their support code and choosing the required IVR options to connect to a consumer executive. You can then ask them to disable Voicemail on your number. Once you do that, you should no longer receive voicemail on your Android device.
In most cases, you should be familiar with your carrier’s support code, but if you aren’t, here are the support codes for some of the popular US carriers. You can dial the relevant codes by accessing the Phone app’s keypad screen.

T-Mobile – 611 Verizon – (800) 922-0204 AT&T – 611 Vodafone – 191 Telus – 611

Method 2: Fill Up Your Voicemail Storage

One of the clever workarounds to turning off voicemail on Android is to fill up your voicemail. Your number can only store about 20 voicemail messages. Once it is full, the caller will be intimated that the voicemail is full and will no longer be able to send you a voicemail. To fill up your voicemail manually:

Method 3: Forward Your Calls

Call Forwarding is another clever way to rid yourself of voicemail. We all have at least one number that’s collecting dust at home, which you can use whenever you don’t want to take calls or listen to voicemail.
Do note that this is a temporary solution, and some of your important calls could also be routed to the number when left unanswered. All you need to do is:
All your calls should now be forwarded to that number when left unanswered. Similarly, the voicemail will technically be stored on the other phone’s voicemail inbox, keeping your voicemail inbox free.
You can use call forwarding to disable voicemail as well. Just turn off all the call forwarding options and the voicemail will not be forwarded to your number. However, many have reported this to not work, but you could still give it a try.
These are all the ways and workarounds you can use to turn off voicemail on your Android phone. The first two methods should work the best, while the second one is more of an experiment. Regardless, let us know if all these methods work for you in the comments below.