{"id":26590,"date":"2017-05-12T10:15:34","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T14:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/?p=26590"},"modified":"2017-05-12T10:15:34","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T14:15:34","slug":"did-you-know-the-iphone-has-a-button-for-ignoring-telemarketers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/did-you-know-the-iphone-has-a-button-for-ignoring-telemarketers\/","title":{"rendered":"Did You Know the iPhone Has a Button for Ignoring Telemarketers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Telemarketers are a scourge on society, but if you\u2019re getting too many telemarketing calls, you can at least reduce how much time you spend on them. When a call comes in, you can always tap the red Decline button, but it\u2019s even faster to press the <strong>Sleep\/Wake button<\/strong> on the side (iPhone 6 or 7) or top (iPhone SE, plus the iPhone 5 and earlier). Pressing it once just silences the ringing on your end; press it twice to decline the call and send it directly to voicemail.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tip-iPhone-decline-calls.png\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tip-iPhone-decline-calls.png 750w, https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tip-iPhone-decline-calls-300x168.png 300w\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Telemarketers are a scourge on society, but if you\u2019re getting too many telemarketing calls, you can at least reduce how much time you spend on them. When a call comes in, you can always tap the red Decline button, but it\u2019s even faster to press the Sleep\/Wake button on the side (iPhone 6 or 7) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[39,48,52,110,60,50,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-ios","category-iphone","category-phone","category-productivity","category-quick-tip","category-tip"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/tip-iPhone-decline-calls-photo-1080x675.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6YLEm-6US","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27607,"url":"http:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/block-telemarketing-calls-automatically-on-your-iphone\/","url_meta":{"origin":26590,"position":0},"title":"Block Telemarketing Calls Automatically on Your iPhone","author":"computeradv","date":"March 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Junk calls are one of the great annoyances of the modern world. 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