Block spam on your kid's devices

1. On your parent phone, visit donotcall.gov.
2. Follow the FTC's instructions for registering your kid's number to no longer receive unwanted calls.
3. When you're done, open the Bark parent app / dashboard.
4. Tap on your kid's avatar at the top.
5. Tap Bark Phone.
6. Tap Contacts.
7. Consider turning on Require contact approval so that any number that tries to reach your kid is blocked until approved.
8. Set your parent phone aside for now.
9. On your kid's Bark Phone, open the 📞 Phone app.
10. Tap Keypad.
11. Tap the ⋮ three dots on the top right.
12. Tap Settings.
13. Tap on Block numbers.
14. Turn on Block calls from unknown numbers.
15. Tap Block spam and scam calls.
16. Turn on Caller ID and spam protection at the top.
17. Scroll down and turn on Block all spam and scam calls.
18. Tap the ⏹ square button to go back to the Home Screen. 
19. That's it! You've done everything you can to cut down on the number of spam calls / texts your kid receives. If your kid ever wants to block a number themselves or report a number as spam, they can do so right within their Phone and Contacts app.

1. On your parent phone, visit donotcall.gov.
2. Follow the FTC's instructions for registering your kid's number to no longer receive unwanted calls.
3. When you're done, set aside your parent phone.
4. On your kid's Android, open the 📞 Phone app.
5. Tap the ⋮ three dots on the top right.
6. Tap Settings.
7. Tap Spam and Call Screen.
8. Turn on Filter spam calls (learn more).
9. Tap the ⏹ square button to go back to the Home Screen. 
10. That's it! You've done everything you can to cut down on the number of spam calls / texts your kid receives. If your kid ever wants to block a number themselves, they can do so right within their Phone and Contacts app.

1. On your parent phone, visit donotcall.gov.
2. Follow the FTC's instructions for registering your kid's number to no longer receive unwanted calls.
3. When you're done, set aside your parent phone.
4. On your kid's iPhone, open the Settings app.
5. Tap Phone.
6. Turn on Silence Unknown Callers.
7. Turn on Silence Junk Callers (learn more).
8. That's it! You've done everything you can to cut down on the number of spam calls / texts your kid receives. If your kid ever wants to block a number themselves, they can do so right within their Phone and Contacts app.

1. On your kid's Bark Phone, open the  Phone app.
2. At the bottom, tap Recents.
3. Tap the call you want to report as spam.
4. Tap ℹ under it.
5. At the bottom, tap 📝Report.
6. Submit the report.

1. On your kid's Android device, open the  Phone app.
2. At the bottom, tap Recents.
3. Tap the call you want to report as spam. 
4. Tap Block or Report spam.
   Note: You can also tap and hold the call you want to report as spam. Then, tap "Block or Report spam."

1. On your kid's iPhone, open the Messages app.

2. Do one of the following:

   • If you haven’t opened the message 
     Swipe left on the message, tap , then tap Delete and Report Junk.

   • If you’ve already opened the message 
     A Report Junk link appears at the bottom of any message from any unknown sender. Tap Report Junk, then tap Delete and Report Junk.
     Note: You can’t report a message after you’ve replied to it.

The sender’s information and the message are sent to Apple, and the message is permanently deleted from your iPhone.

If you accidentally report and delete messages, you can recover them.

Reporting junk or spam doesn’t prevent the sender from sending messages, but you can block the number to stop receiving them.

To decrease incoming spam or junk messages from new numbers, you can filter them. See Filter messages from unknown senders.