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 won’t see a name on it but you’ll 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 and in this article, you’ll learn how to hide number on MTN, Glo, Airtel and 9mobile. It’s quite simple and doesn’t have too much explanation.

How To Hide 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 just 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 MTN Number

The steps are pretty simple, doesn’t require anything and won’t even take one minute of your time, and you can use the same method for the rest of the networks in Nigeria
To hide numbers on your MTN, you need to do the following.
  1. Open your dialer app and type #31# before the number you want to call
  2. I.e if the number you want to call is 00112200445, then the call format will be
  3. #31#00112200445 then hit the dial-up button on your MTN line.
  4. Once you do that, the person you’re calling won’t see a visible caller name even if he or she is using a caller ID app.

How To Hide Glo Number

To hide numbers on your Glo line, you need to do the following.
  1. Open your dialer app and type #31# before the number you want to call
  2. I.e if the number you want to call is 00112200445, then the call format will be
  3. #31#00112200445 then hit the dial-up button on your Glo line.
  4. Once you do that, the person you’re calling won’t see a visible caller name even if he or she is using a caller ID app.

How To Hide Airtel Number

The steps are pretty simple, doesn’t require anything and won’t even take one minute of your time, and you can use the same method for the rest of the networks in Nigeria
  1. To hide numbers on your Airtel, you need to do the following.
  2. Open your dialer app and type #31# before the number you want to call
  3. I.e if the number you want to call is 00112200445, then the call format will be
  4. #31#00112200445 then hit the dial-up button on your Airtel line.
  5. Once you do that, the person you’re calling won’t see a visible caller name even if he or she is using a caller ID app.

How To Hide 9mobile Number

The steps are pretty simple, doesn’t require anything and won’t even take one minute of your time, and you can use the same method for the rest of the networks in Nigeria
To hide numbers on your 9mobile, you need to do the following.
  1. Open your dialer app and type #31# before the number you want to call
  2. I.e if the number you want to call is 00112200445, then the call format will be
  3. #31#00112200445 then hit the dial-up button on your 9mobile line.
  4. Once you do that, the person you’re calling won’t see a visible caller name even if he or she is using a caller ID app.
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