If you want disable your Truecaller account and delete the database number, you can follow this guide, even if you have a free account of Truecaller. However, the constraint is that you have to use the mobile application to do it.
Thanks to Truecaller, it is very easy to find the name behind a phone number. You must enter the number in the app or the website to find out who is calling you. Truecaller helps you block spam, SMS, etc. However, if you do not like it for any reason, and if you want to delete your Truecaller account and delete the phone number, this guide will help you.
Deleting the Truecaller account and deleting the phone number are two different things. First, you must disable or delete your Truecaller account, which requires the mobile application. Then you must delete your phone number from the Truecaller database. This can be done on Truecaller's official website.
Disable the Truecaller account
To delete the Truecaller account, follow these steps.
- Open the Truecaller app on mobile
- Open is Setting
- Access the privacy center
- Select Disable.
The whole process is illustrated below.
Open the Truecaller app on your mobile and go to settings. You can find 'Settings' after pressing the menu button that looks like three horizontal lines and visible in the upper left corner of your screen. After that, go to Privacy Center. Here you will find an option called deactivate.
Tap this button and confirm your change.
You must now remove your phone number from the Truecaller database. Otherwise, other Truecaller users can find your name by searching for it.
How to unregister a phone number from the Truecaller database
To cancel the list of phone numbers from the Truecaller database, follow these steps.
- Visit the Truecaller website
- Enter the phone number
- Tap Cancel phone number list.
You can find the complete process here.
Visit the unsubscribe page of the Truecaller website.
After entering the phone number and filling in the captcha, click on the CANCEL PHONE NUMBER button.
It will show a confirmation message. After confirmation, you should find a success message indicating that removal of the database number takes up to 24 hours.
I hope this simple guide is useful.