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Calls Opt-Out on Windows Pc

Developed By: Mathias Stalås, Kahoona AB

License: Free

Rating: 3,8/5 - 10 votes

Last Updated: December 27, 2023

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 1.5.1
Size 1.2 MB
Release Date May 11, 16
Category Communication Apps

What's New:
2016-05-011Call a number by clicking on the phone icon in the "calls" list view.2016-05-09Bug fix.2016-05-01Bug fix. Seems like the support fragments in the... [see more]

Description from Developer:
Efficiently block unwanted calls from Telemarketing / Telesales / Scammers by ending the incoming call.

We behind the application is against intrusive information gathering, the C... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Calls Opt-Out and install on Windows PC. Calls Opt-Out is free Communication app, developed by Mathias Stalås, Kahoona AB. Latest version of Calls Opt-Out is 1.5.1, was released on 2016-05-11 (updated on 2023-12-27). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 1,000. Overall rating of Calls Opt-Out is 3,8. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 10 users, 6 users had rated it 5*, 2 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Calls Opt-Out on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Calls Opt-Out on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Calls Opt-Out on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

  1. Install using BlueStacks
  2. Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install Calls Opt-Out using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Calls Opt-Out" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Calls Opt-Out on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Calls Opt-Out" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 1.5.1.

Download Calls Opt-Out 1.5.1 on Windows PC – 1.2 MB

Efficiently block unwanted calls from Telemarketing / Telesales / Scammers by ending the incoming call.

We behind the application is against intrusive information gathering, the Calls Opt-Out application does not collect information about you or your contacts. We see no reason for it, the only thing we want is to end and block unwanted phone calls.

How the application works.

Scenario: you receive an unwanted call from a telemarketer. To prevent future calls from the dialed number do as described: go into the app and under the "Calls" view, you will find the unwanted number. Click the line and select "Block", a new screen appears, type in who called and a brief comment, then click on the "Block" button on the bottom right, this number will now be added to the list of blacklisted numbers.

Next time this number calls you, the following will happen: your phone will automatically hang up. It will erase notes about this call from your call history. Therefore you will never see or hear that you have been called by this number. Just like it never happened :-)

Want to see what calls your phone rejected then go in under the "Rejected view, where you can see what calls your phone rejects and little details like the number of times and the last date.

By blocking a number you will share that number with others who have the application installed. All users will help to collect phone numbers to each other in an effective manner.

The list of unwanted numbers is synced in the background at regular intervals, this is done so that everyone will have a fresh updated list.

For this to be possible the application requires some certain rights. Listed below are why these special rights are required:

- READ_CONTACTS required for filtering out numbers that belongs to your existing contacts.
- READ_PHONE_STATE / CALL_PHONE required when terminating incoming calls
- READ_CALL_LOG / WRITE_CALL_LOG required for displaying numbers in the Calls view. Write is used to clean up after a number has been rejected.
- INTERNET required to sync numbers between the users

The only thing that is collected is when a user submits a blocked phone number. For obvious reasons.

Do not submit individual's telephone numbers to the list. We are not interested in that number type. Blocking individual's is already built in/supported in android by default.

For more information go to http://coptout.com

N.B
Tested in emulator on version 17(4.2.2) to version 23(6.0).

All phone vendors have their own android implementation therefore I can't assure that auto ending of calls will work. It will work on vanilla android on supported versions(read above)
2016-05-011
Call a number by clicking on the phone icon in the "calls" list view.
2016-05-09
Bug fix.
2016-05-01
Bug fix. Seems like the support fragments in the GUI keeps crashing on Sony phones.. Hopefully this will solve the Sony issue.
2016-04-16
Added search/lookup functionality for unknown numbers. Bug fixing.
2016-04-15
Rewrite of the phone state listener.