Once unlisted within 24 hours, people won’t be able to see your name, number or profile information when they’re searching in the Truecaller directory. Yes, Truecaller does offer users the ability to unlist yourself from the app and its database. One, your number might already be in Truecaller’s database, so why not put that to your advantage and give more power to your smartphone to ease your daily life? The other way to think about this is, is to remove yourself from the system, unlist your details, and stop using the app entirely. There are two school of thoughts to go about this. Technically, your number may also already be in Truecaller’s database if you have a friend who has your number in their contact list, and they’ve started using Truecaller. But once you’ve agreed to Truecaller’s terms and conditions, you’ve basically given away the privacy of all the contacts in your own smartphone’s contact list. However, Truecaller claims that these contacts are not searchable by users. This is called crowdsourcing where they gather information from all Truecaller’s users’ phones and use algorithms and AI to identify patterns and number relevance. When you’re installing the app, it takes your permission (part of the agreement prior to using the app) to access your contact list, and use that data to build their database. The other thing about Truecaller is its privacy concerns. The app is free to use, so it does a few ads here and there while you’re using the app.
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