Find the Name of Unknown Mobile Number. How to Trace an Unknown Number? Learn from this video
I get this question quite often - How to Trace the Name of the Caller on the Mobile?
So... let's learn it. Hello, my name is Aekta
There are a lot of Apps and sites that you can use. But in this video, I am going to tell you about Truecaller
You can use Truecaller from a Mobile or a PC
First, let's learn How to use Truecaller from a Computer or PC
First type truecaller.com in the browser
This is the Truecaller website. Now you can enter any phone number in the search box
This is the Country Code - It is an ISD Code and right now it is selected for India
You can choose the Country code from the menu here - I am going to let it stay the same  +91 for India
Now let's enter a number here. I got a call from a phone number... let me enter it here
It was a Bombay (Mumbai) number
I got a call from this number. Let me see who was calling me
Let's click on the 'Search' button
Oh, this number belongs to the Taj Hotel. I used to work there a few years ago. Maybe an ex-colleague was trying to reach me
This is the Land line number of a Hotel in Mumbai
Remember to add the STD Code (or Area code) before the number, if you are searching for a Land line number
If you do not put the Area code, Truecaller may not be able to recognize the number
Let me try this for another country ... say Singapore
I often get calls from this number... it's a toll free number. Let me check if it get's identified
Let's click on Enter
You can see that this is a Bank and this is the Toll Free number for the bank
So... if you get a call... you can check the number ... from your PC
This was about a PC. Now let's learn how to use Truecaller from a Mobile
Before we proceed, it's worth mentioning that Truecaller works on many Mobile Operating Systems
This is their website. Click on download
You can see that it works on Android phones, iPhone, Windows phones and Blackberry
You can download the app from the respective App stores and start using it
I am going to use a Samsung Galazy S3 phone, which an Android phone
Let's first go to the Play Store
Let's click on the Play Store
Let's try Truecaller on top
I have selected the Truecaller app - here it is
Let's click on it
Let's click on 'Install' then click on 'Accept' ... not the app is being installed
You can see that this is a very popular app and it has been downloaded more than 50 million times
it also has a good rating. Let's click on 'Open'
Now the Truecaller app is open
I am using an India number so it has automatically detected that and is showing me the India ISD code +91
It will detect your country automatically
Now you can type your mobile number ... let me type my mobile number
I have typed my number and let me click on 'Get Started'
You are being asked if this is your number. And the message says that you will now get a call to confirm your number
You do not have to answer this call - this is just for verification purposes
Let's click on 'Yes'
So now they will call to confirm the number. Let's wait a bit for the call
Here you can see 'Successfully verified' ... now our number has been verified
Now you see a new screen and we are being asked to create a new profile here
it has detected the email address automatically
Now let me add the Name and also input the surname
before I click on continue, I want to say something
You can sign-in using your Social media accounts such as Facebook, Google Plus, Twitter and Linkedin... by clicking on those icons
But I am going to use my gmail to creat a new profile and now let me add a new Profile Picture
let's click on the camera icon on top and add a pic
Now it says 'Add photo' .. let me take a picture from the Gallery
This is the Gallery... let me choose a picture from here
let me scroll down... I see a pic here that I like. Let me click on it and select it
Here's the pic, click on it
Now we need to crop this image. The extra space on the edges will be cropped.
Let me bring it to the center and click on 'Done'
Now this is our Profile picture
Let's click on 'Continue'
Now the Live Caller ID has been Activated
Now when you get a call on your mobile, you will be able to identify the caller without picking up the phone
Let's click on 'Got it'
Now Truecaller is open
Now you can type any number and search for it on Truecaller
If you have received a call or an SMS, you can click on it and search in their database and get to know who is the caller
Let me call from my other phone and let's see how it gets displayed
Here you see the incoming call. You can see the Name and Number displayed on Top
Let me disconnect the call
This was a number that was already in my contact list
The number was already in my Address book or contact list ... that's why it was being displayed
But there can be calls from numbers that are not on our Contact List
What about such unknown numbers?
Now you can see .. I have got calls or nessages from these numbers
Here you can filter to see the Outgoing calls, Incoming calls, Searches, Text messages etc.
So, I have applied the filter... and now I can see the Missed Calls
Who is this? Let me click here
This is an unknown number. When I clicked on it, Truecaller is searching in its database to find out who the caller is
Let's see... this is a number from the US and it is the Truecaller Verification number
This is the number you get a call from... when Truecaller verifies your number,
So, I didn't answer this call but when Truecaller called for verification, they used this number
Let's go back. Now you can see that after searching in the Truecaller database, the number is being displayed differently
Let's scroll down. I keep getting calls from unknown numbers and it is hard to verify the caller at times
Let me check such a number. Let me click on it and check
Let's click on it
Now it's checking the caller
Here you can see that this is a Vodafone number
I often get calls ... sometimes they are automated calls with recordings ... there isn't even a real person calling
And here you can see on top that more than 2,000 people have reported this as Spam
so it's likely that a call from this number may be spam
Now it's up to you whether you want to clock this number. I am not going to block it for now
You can click on 'Block and Report' to block this number
Let's go back
Now you can identify the caller of a call or the sender of an SMS easily
Here's another number I get a lot of calls from... Kritika... not sure who this is
70 people have reported this as Spam
As people report Spam calls, the database is populated. Other people can now utilize the database find out the Spam callers
One often gets  calls from Telecallers ... but now you do not have to pick a call from a caller that is known to spam
Let's click on the message icon on top
We have got a message that says Congratulations
We have got free access to the Premium version of Truecaller for 3 days
I have shown you how to use the Free version of Truecaller but if you want to, you can buy the premium version
It's very easy to use.. anyone can use it in minutes
You can type any number here in the search box and search for it
you can search from your own address book here or
or search from a database of about 1.8 billion numbers
This is a very user friendly and useful app
But please be mindful. Any app that identifies unknow numbers or callers, is not always going to give you accurate results
This app goes into your address book and syncs the contacts with its own database
and anyone using Truecaller can utilize the combined caller database
But if it is a new number or the number has changed recently, the app sometimes gives a wrong result
But for me ... it has been right 90 percent of the times .. so I find it useful
Let me give you an example. When I was in India, I used to have a number a few years ago
Let me input the Country code for India 91 and let me enter my old Mobile number
Let's click on 'Search'
It's still showing this number as mine  even though I have not used it for over 6 years
I am not sure if someone else has this number now or if it is even in use
So this is a wrong result.. but this happens sometimes in such apps
Until someone puts in the new number into the database with their name, this number will continue to be shown as mine
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