Does your Movistar line have voicemail active and do you want to disable it? This service has fallen into disuse over the years, something totally normal if you take into account how communications have evolved.
However, Movistar and almost all telemarketers still offer this feature and charge for it, although they give you the option to disable it. Do you want to learn how because you don’t use it? We teach you how to remove the voicemail in Movistar in a couple of steps.
How to deactivate the voicemail of your Movistar line through a call
As with other operators, deactivating the Movistar Mailbox is a simple process . There are several methods available, as it will depend on whether you have a single line, several or if you want to do it online, but they are all easy to follow.
The first of them is the traditional one, which applies to any user of this operator. What should you do? Simply call 22500 from your mobile or landline and request deactivation of the answering machine. The call to this number is free, so don’t worry about additional charges on your bill.
The second method applies to multiSIM users only, but exactly the same process. If this is your case, you just have to call 1004 to ask to be unsubscribed from the Movistar voicemail service and that’s it.
How to disable the answering machine (voicemail) through Mi Movistar
Another way to remove the voicemail from your Movistar line is through My Movistar, the administration panel that the company enables for you on its website. It is a similar process to deactivating the answering machine on Vodafone, so you will not find any complications. This is what you should do:
- Go to the Movistar website.
- Log in to My Movistar with your username and password.
- In the side menu on the right select “My products” .
- Look for the “Line management” section.
- Select voicemail .
- Deactivate the mailbox for each type of situation and I save the changes.
How to remove Movistar voicemail on iPhone
Although we are a website specialized in Android and the previous methods work perfectly on this operating system, we cannot fail to mention that iOS devices have an additional method to deactivate Movistar’s voicemail .
Customers who own an iPhone can manage their voicemail through Visual Voice Mail (VVM) , an app that is already pre-installed on the system. From there you can see everything in your voicemail and listen to or delete all those pending messages that were left for you at some point. And to deactivate the service? Just call 22570 for free and unsubscribe from VVM.
Deactivate the answering machine of your Movistar line and any other operator (universal method)
At this point in the article, you will probably have already deactivated the voicemail of your line. However, we think it’s good to mention one last way that will help you with any operator in the world. It is the universal method to remove voicemail from your line, and the best thing is that it is easy to follow, you just have to do this:
- Open the calling app on your mobile.
- Dial ##002# using the number pad.
- Press call .
As simple as that, you will have your mobile’s voicemail deactivated, and it applies to Vodafone, Movistar, Yoigo, Orange, MásMóvil and any operator . Are there any details about this method? Yes, it also disables call forwarding, but it’s not that serious if you don’t use it.
Did you know this last method? Probably not, but it’s great.
