How to Deactivate Call Forwarding on MTN Line

Are you looking for instructions on how to deactivate call forwarding or call diverting on an MTN South Africa line? Many people set up call diverting on their phones. The great thing about MTN is that it gives it’s customers a wide range of options here. Some prefer to divert calls to voicemail, while others divert their calls to other numbers. Whatever the case, a time may come when you need to cancel MTN call forwarding. The following is how to do it;

How to cancel call diverting on MTN South Africa

To cancel call diverting or call forwarding on an MTN South Africa line, you need to take the following steps;

1. Dial ##002# to cancel all call diverting or forwarding on your MTN line.
2. Dial ##61# to cancel diverts for unanswered calls.
3. Dial ##62# to cancel diverts for when your phone is off.
4. Dial ##61# to cancel call forwarding for when your phone is busy.

Which option should I use?

Those are the options for cancelling call diverting or call forwarding on MTN South Africa. But which option should you use? Well, that depends on how you have set things up in the first place. You can check out this article to find out how to set up call diverts for MTN.

You will see there that you have several options. You can choose to push only unanswered calls to another number. You also have the option to push all calls to your line to another number. Alternatively, you can opt to forward calls only when your phone is either off or busy. So, how you deactivate call forwarding on MTN depends on the setup that you have.

If you have set your phone to forward only when the phone is busy, then use the appropriate code for cancelling. Otherwise, feel free to deactivate all call forwarding on MTN using the code ##002#. That way, every instance of MTN call diverting that you have set up will be deactivated.

Why Deactivate MTN Call Forwarding

There are several reason why you may be looking to deactivate call diverting on an MTN South Africa line. Many people decide to push calls to another SIM in the first place because they think they are not going to be able to answer calls for one reason or the other. After a while, they discover that they are not that busy, after.

Others set it up because they have a new SIM and they still wish to continue using the old SIM. After a while though, people will have gotten your new SIM and you may wish to cancel MTN call diverting. Whatever your reasons for doing it, hopefully this article has been of use to you.

Feel free to leave a comment below. Also check out our article on how to RICA an MTN SIM.