Let’s get straight to the point- you cannot remove other apps from your iPhone’s call log history. Now, if you are ready to hear my rants on this topic, you’re more than welcome to continue reading below [also, don’t forget to share your valuable insights on the same], or else, you’re just a tab away from switching over to a different site, the choice is all yours!
After more than a decade, I finally decided to step into the walled gardens of the Apple ecosystem and get my hands on their greatest offering to date, aka the iPhone. Since my work usually revolves around digging deep into the open-source OS and finding out vulnerabilities, hacks, and tweaks, an iPhone was never a part of my dictionary. But I finally decided to take the road less traveled and have a stroll over to the other side of the fence.
Since iOS is never known for having tons of customizations and UI/UX tweaks as opposed to its Android counterpart, so I wasn’t disappointed on that part a bit. On the flip side, I was more than impressed with the tiny yet noticeable animations that numerous third-party apps had for their iOS versions [looking at you, Instagram and WhatsApp!]. And the Shortcut App with automation scripts left me quite impressed too. But this is where the honeymoon period soon started fading away.
It had hardly been a week or so that I started getting infuriated with numerous missing features that should be considered basics. From the most basic calculator app in the history of any OS to the messiest notification system that you could ever come across, things weren’t looking on the right track for me. And then came the call log management, or should I call it mismanagement, that proved to be the final nail in the coffin. But what exactly is the issue here? Let’s find out.
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Where Lies the Issue?
A call log, as is evident by its name, should display the ‘mobile calls’ that we have made or received. As simple as that. However, simplicity isn’t a word in Apple’s keybook. They decided to make it a tad bit much more complicated and equally non-sensical by adding the records from all the third-party apps as well. And the worst part is that we aren’t just talking about audio calls, even the video calls have been thrown in there!
So apart from the usual calls, you get Facetime, Meets, Teams, WhatsApp, Signal, and audio and video calls from all the third-party apps through which a call has been made or received. Not only does it end up cluttering the entire call log, but it also increases the chance of unintentionally calling your boss over Teams when infact you were about to have a normal call with your family. So what else could the Cupertino giant have done?
What Could Have Been the Best Solution
Well, the best solution should have been to keep the call log bereft of any third-party apps. But we get it, the presence of these apps might also be beneficial to a handful of users. So to opt for a middle ground, Apple could have added a separate tab wherein calls from third-party apps should be kept [similar to how we have a standalone section for Missed calls, even though it’s already there under the All section! Talk about redundancy all around!].
Is there any Workaround?
Well, there is one- to opt for a third-party dialer or phone management app like Truecaller. However, personally, I prefer to stay away from any third-party apps especially when it comes to the contacts domain. This is because such apps will have access to all your phone numbers, something which is spelling trouble in every imaginable way, irrespective of how safe and secure they claim themselves to be.
iPhone Call Log History Or Rather The Dumbest Call Log in History?
Even if you ended up skipping the entire article, then just the aforementioned heading should have clearly given you an idea of how I feel about the implementation of this weird call log system in iOS. But that’s just me, what about you? We would love to hear your opinions on the same as well. So make sure to make your voices heard in the comments section below.
