# Cut down on robocalls, spam texts, and junk mail

A practical plan to reduce unwanted calls, texts, emails, and paper mail using phone settings, opt-outs, and safe habits.

- Topic: Personal Life & Wellbeing
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Email, Plan, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/cut-down-on-robocalls-spam-texts-and-junk-mail

## Prompt

```text
Help me reduce the unwanted calls, texts, emails, and mail I get.

**What bothers me most:** [e.g. daily robocalls, spam texts with links, telemarketers, catalogs, credit card offers, junk email]
**My phones:** [mobile make and model, landline yes/no, carrier]
**Country:** [LOCATION - opt-out services differ]
**What I've tried:** [e.g. blocking numbers one by one, answering to say "stop"]
**Anyone else in the household affected:** [e.g. an older parent who answers every call]

Give me a plan in order of impact:
1. Phone settings: built-in spam filtering, silencing unknown callers, and call screening - with honest notes on the tradeoff (I might miss a doctor's office or delivery). Mark menu paths [CHECK ON MY PHONE].
2. Carrier tools: free spam-blocking features or apps my carrier may offer [CONFIRM WITH CARRIER].
3. Official opt-out lists for calls and mail in my country [CONFIRM - name the type of service, and only name a specific service if you're sure it exists].
4. Safe habits: don't answer unknown numbers, never press a key or say "yes", don't reply STOP to suspicious texts, report spam texts to my carrier, don't click links.
5. Email: unsubscribe safely (only from senders I recognize), filters, and a separate address for shopping.
6. Paper mail: opting out of prescreened credit offers and catalogs, and contacting senders directly.

End with a 20-minute setup checklist and what to expect: unwanted contact usually drops but rarely stops completely.
```

## What to fill in

- mobile make and model, landline yes/no, carrier
- LOCATION - opt-out services differ
- e.g. blocking numbers one by one, answering to say "stop"
- e.g. an older parent who answers every call
- CHECK ON MY PHONE
- CONFIRM WITH CARRIER

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