"Block Caller" option is missing in iOS 26.0.1 on my iPhone SE

SE 2022, yes. Not sure that Apple has decided anything, until enough people report bugs they wont even know. https://apple.com/feedback

Bear in mind that cell provider must have some influence, both of mine are MVNOs. The one without call block action is Spusu (on EE) and the one with call blocking is Lebara (on Vodafone )

Two IPhone SEs here on 26.1 have this issue. I have found that powering down and restarting one of them brings the Block Caller button back - but only once. If I dismiss that Info page and then return to it the Block Caller button is gone. On the other phone a restart fails to bring it back at all. I have sent feedback to Apple, but I suspect that an issue on a discontinued model will be low priority (so I'm glad to see it also happens on some iPhone 17s!)

Is happening only with SE models, I have one that I use without a SIM or eSIM and another one my mom use and both are missing block contact opition (does not display). Contacted Apple Customer Care and they have no idea about what is going wrong.

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I have two iphones on ios 26.1, one has block caller, one does not.

The difference? Cell providers.

UK

LD150 wrote:

If I scroll on my SE3 with Lebara provider, yes you're right. It's there.

If I scroll on my SE3 with Spusu provider, there is nothing after the Call History and Add Name lines.

The annoying thing is I have no idea if the situation is new to 26, I really didn't take notice in 18.

That is so weird. It's very much not something I would have thought was controlled by the carrier.

I only have one phone on one carrier, so I can't check anything else.

da klein wrote:

I have a SE2 that I use with Verizon that HAD the "Block Caller" option located from the Recents page. This was prior to Apple's iOS update to 26 et al, I might add. If I follow LD150's suggestion of Dec. 4, 2025 post and click "Details" all I get is a gray screen all the way to the bottom of the screen. Here again I am able to do the long version by going to Settings; Apps; Phone; Call Blocking & ID block calls blah, blah, blah, but that's inconvenient as one should be able to Block directly from the individual "Call Info" page. I've made two feedback posts over as many months. Plus, since the iOS 26 update my battery life has decreased even though I have all the bells and whistles turned off.

And yet the option exists for me, with Verizon on my iPhone 17 Pro. Weird.

Have you talked to Verizon about this?

Sorry to hear that, da klein. You're updated to iOS 26.1 - correct?

(I was never on 26.0 - I updated my phone from the previous version of iOS, prior to 26x)

If you are on 26.1, maybe a complete full shutdown of your phone and a restart might help (??)

Wonder if it's a Carrier issue? I'm using Verizon.

I'm also noticing that if I was the one who made the call to a number that isn't in my Contacts, or if the number is in my Contacts and I now want to block it, the "Block" icon isn't visible in Phone app "Recents", using the swipe left option. Can only see the "Reminder" and "Trash" icons.

Also, if I want to unblock a number, I just saw that I have to do manually it thru an iOS Setting. Can't do it in the Phone app:

"Privacy & Security" > "Blocked Contacts", then manually delete the number.

You need this https://apple.com/feedback

As I mentioned above, a restart shows the Block Button on the call info screen, but only once. If you go back to Recents then press Info again that option doesn't show the second time.

Finally the correct answer - when you do this - hit home button and the whole page shows and you can block number. Thanks

Phone 'Recents' shows the phone number I want to block at the top of the list. When I select the Info icon next to the number a new screen comes up as Unknown plus the number, but scrolling down does not display a block contact option.

I have an iPhone 13 and just updated to IOS 26.0.1 and do not have this problem but a friend has an IPHONE SE and upgraded and does have this problem with being unable to block calls from the calls list view. Is this problem associated to specific models? And has Apple acknowledged the bug?

Apple rarely if ever acknowledges a bug. Rather, when an issue is determined to be a software bug, the bug is acknowledged to the public and specifics about what exactly is fixed. This method avoids a lot of confusion and misinformation.