Blocking a certain phone number?

I am looking to block a certain phone number from calling and texting me, is there anyway that this can be done?

Call blocking or SMS blocking is a carrier feature. There is no setting on an iPhone to do this. You can call your carrier to see if they offer blocking(some do for an additional monthly fee), if they don't, create a silent ringtone & assign such to the number.

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    Message was edited by: Verizon Moderator

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    Hey Paul,
    Michael is right, you can easily get around it by simply assigning a silent ringtone.
    Google "silent ringtone" (don't pay for it, you can find it free) and download it. I've created an "Annoying Cr@p"
    "contact" that I've assigned the silent ringtone to and I simply cut and paste the numbers I want blocked into it.
    No more salesmen, political party calls, etc.- the phone does light up when they call, but you hear nothing- and usually miss them all together.  I've assigned a nice little image of a stuffed dog pooh to it (google "poop toy"), and when someone does see it (as one of my co-workers saw it light up on my desk once) it makes for a *great* laugh.
    Works like a champ.  Takes minutes. 

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