This short article explains how you can disable the iPhone Cellular Calls feature so that your Mac will not ring and you will not be getting calls on your Mac when you receive calls.
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This feature is enabled by default. If you find this feature annoying (because your Mac will ring every time when your iPhone rings), then this article is for you.
This is part of the Continuity feature. And one feature of it is called “iPhone Cellular Calls”. This will let you make and receive phone calls from your Mac, as long as your iPhone and your Mar are on the same Wi-Fi network and are signed into the same iCloud account and FaceTime. This calls will use your iPhone’s cellular account and service. This will use your cellular minutes.
Turn off Calls from iPhone
You can turn this off on your Mac and on your iPhone. Your iPhone is where you change settings to stop the ringing on all your other Apple devices (Mac and iPad).
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Here is how:
iPhone
- Tap Settings
- Tap Cellular
- Tap Calls on Other Devices
- Here you may want to turn this off completely, or you can turn off specific devices (if you have more than one).
Now your other device, e.g., your Mac, will not ring.
Mac
- Open FaceTime on your Mac, you will need to change preferences in FaceTime on your Mac
- From the top menu, FaceTime > Preferences.
- And then unselect the box for “Calls from iPhone“
- And you are done.
Now your iPhone calls will not be available on your iMac.
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