Call forwarding is a useful feature when you’re going to be without your phone. With a few simple taps, you can have calls coming into your iPhone forwarded to another number.
This is convenient for sending calls to your office phone, your home, or to someone else’s number you’ll be with. If you have to go without your phone for a period of time, here’s how to forward calls from iPhone to a different number.
To get started with forwarding calls from your iPhone, open your Settings and then follow these few steps.
Select Phone on the Settings screen.
Tap Call Forwarding.
Move the toggle to turn on Call Forwarding.
Tap Forward To and enter the phone number.
Tap the Backarrow on the top left.
You should now see the number you entered in the Forward To field. You can then tap the Phone arrow on the top to keep going back or simply close your Settings.
Set up Call Forwarding in Phone settings
Don’t forget to turn off Call Forwarding
It can be easy to forget, but when you no longer want your calls forwarded to the number you set up, remember to turn off Call Forwarding.
Select Phone on the Settings screen.
Tap Call Forwarding.
Move the toggle to turn on Call Forwarding.
Turn off Call Forwarding
Want to forward text messages too?
Your iPhone has a feature that lets you also forward your text messages. Although you cannot send them to a different number, you can forward them to your other devices.
So, if you’ll be without your iPhone, but will have your iPad or Mac, then you can still use the Messages app to communicate. Open the Settings app on your iPhone and then do the following to forward text messages.
Select Messages on the Settings screen.
Tap Text Message Forwarding.
Move the toggle(s) to turn on Text Message Forwarding for the devices you want.
Set up Text Message Forwarding in Messages settings
Stay in touch no matter what
The Call Forwarding feature on your iPhone comes in handy in certain situations, so just remember it’s there. And the convenient text message forwarding can be used all the time if you don’t mind responding to messages from your other devices too.
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I have an iPhone with a U.S. number while I am in Florida. I spend 5 months a year in England where I use a UK SIM card with a UK number. I keep the U.S. cell phone account open but do not use the number when I am out of the country. I would like all missed calls to my U.S. number to be transcribed and sent to my iPad via email so I can maintain communication with my bank, doctors, etc. I am able to do just that with a land line and Vonage but I would prefer to do that with my cell phone. Is there a way I can do this?
I have an iPhone with a U.S. number while I am in Florida. I spend 5 months a year in England where I use a UK SIM card with a UK number. I keep the U.S. cell phone account open but do not use the number when I am out of the country. I would like all missed calls to my U.S. number to be transcribed and sent to my iPad via email so I can maintain communication with my bank, doctors, etc. I am able to do just that with a land line and Vonage but I would prefer to do that with my cell phone. Is there a way I can do this?