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How to Trace Unknown Phone Number with Name and Owner

Smartphones turned out to be a breakthrough in the technological industry. It is one of the most used device found, which is itself a mini version of a PC, camera and all the other digital devices. From the normal works to all the official works, can be easily completed using a smartphone.

We have all the needed features included in it, and even if you don’t find something that you are in need of, then you can get it to your android smartphone using the google playstore. With this possibility communication became way better and easier. But what if calls and messages turns out to be burden? Well, as now we can call and message people effectively using our smartphones with low cost, everyone known or unknown will keep messaging you.


Sometime getting continuous calls from unknown people would turn out to be a disturbance.  Not knowing who the person is or why they are calling you for no real reason will be a problematic factor. To avoid this, what we can do is block the number out, but sometime when we do so, they will start calling from another number. This is not going to be fun but what can you actually do to get rid of such unknown calls?

The person who disturbs you with calls will enjoying doing so only until you know who the person is. When we get to know the details of the caller, they might get scared as we can go warn and make things right. So the best solution is to find out who the unknown person is, this can be easily done using one of the best app that is found in the playstore. Which would help you find the name, address and location of the caller using the phone number. So come let’s check it out.

How to Trace Unknown Caller Details

Using Truecaller (desktop version)

Firstly, you have to go to the truecaller official website from your PC.

Next from the drop down bar select your country. For example if India, then choose the ‘India (+91) and then enter the phone number of the unknown caller and tap ‘search’.


Then you will have to sign up into the truecaller website using gmail or microsoft account. This process is needed to know the details of the unknown caller number.


Now you will then get the details, including the name, location and address of the unknown caller and the details would be accurate.


This way you can use the website browser of the truecaller to find out the details of the unknown callers. Following this method you will not need any third party apps installed. Its easy and effective.

Using truecaller on android

You have to get the app ‘Truecaller’ directly from the google playstore to your android smartphone or tablet.

Now let us take a look at how to find all the possible details of the unknown caller using the truecaller app on your android.
Firstly launch the app and click on 'Get started' to continue with the process to get details.


The ‘caller id’ of the truecaller app would be enabled by default and it will provide you the details of it, simply press on the ‘Got it’ option.


Next, in the main interface you will be able to type in the phone number and start searching who the unknown caller is. You will not need to sign up like in the PC version.


That’s all, now the details will be shown to you and you will be able to find out the person behind the phone who kept troubling you with calls and messages. So you can download "Truecaller" application directly from google playstore to your android smartphone by Clicking here.

Along with this truecaller, there are other possible apps in the playstore for the android smartphones which would help you find out the unknown caller’s details. So let us take a look at the alternative apps for truecaller too.

Alternative Apps


Whoscall: This is also a great app used by many users out there with more than 70 million downloads. Just like the truecaller this app too helps you fund out the details of the unknown caller and also you can block the number permanently from your mobile to stop further calls from that particular number. It also has an offline database which can be used to identify calls with no internet connection.


Showcaller: This app also a great solution to find out who the unknown caller is by helping to identify the caller id along with the region. It also helps you identify spam calls and telemarking calls which is a great option, so that you will not have to answer such calls if not required. It is also a free app for the android users.


Hiya: The app Hiya is also a popular app for the android users. It is easy to use and also very effective. This app will help you find who the unknown caller is and also let you block phone numbers. It will also eventually block spam calls for you. Free to use and the best part is that there are no ads in the app that would interrupt your searching process. A great alternative app for the truecaller.

That’s it, now we have checked on how to use truecaller app both on the PC and also on android smartphones and tablets. Along with it, we have also taken a brief look at some of the alternative apps which you can use instead of the truecaller which would be smaller in size compared to the truecaller app. You can decide on which app to use and find out the unknown callers to put a stop to all the disturbance that you get through it. I hope this guide would have been a great help for you.