DND (Do Not Disturb) – This service enables Airtel Nigeria customers to block and unblock all unsolicited messages, calls and promotion notification from third-party services. In this article, we will be showing you how to deactivate DND on Airtel Nigeria network.
What is Do Not Disturb Service?
The Do-Not-Disturb service allows Airtel customers to opt out of receiving promotional messages for 3rd Party services (Bulk SMS, VAS promos, etc.). This service is only for third-party services.
How much does DND cost?
The service is free to customers.
How To Check Airtel Do not Disturb status
To check DND status, Text STATUS to 2442.
What are the main features of DND?
The Airtel Nigeria DND service has the following features:
1: Fully Blocked mode – This feature allows Airtel customers to opt-out of receiving all promotional messages via SMS. This is to say you have DND active on your Airtel line.
2: Partial Block Mode – This gives customers the option to choose specific promotional messages they want to receive. Any category not selected is blocked. So you have DND partially activated and partly deactivated on your line.
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Airtel DND allows customers to perform any of the following DND activities via SMS:
- View Status
- Activate full blocking
- Activate partial blocking
- Opt out of DND
How To Activate DND on Airtel – DND Airtel Nigeria activation code
When you activate DND on Airtel line, it means you have blocked all unwanted Airtel messages.
For Full DND, Text STOP to 2442.
To receive all messages ie to Deactivate DND on Airtel Nigeria, Text ALLOW to 2442.
For partial DND text any of the following options to 2442:-
- Text 1: To receive Banking / Insurance/ Financial Products.
- Text 2: Real Estate.
- Text 3: Education.
- Text 4: Health.
- Text 5: To receive Consumer goods & Automobiles.
- Text 6: Communications/Broadcasting/Entertainment/IT.
- Text 7: Tourism & Leisure
- Text 8: Sport
- Text 9: Religion
- Text 9a: Christianity
- Text 9b: Islam
- Text 9c: Others
- Text 10: Information on New products/Services,
- Text 11: News Alerts
Or, simply SMS “HELP” to the shortcode 2442 to find out more.
The above list has everything on how to deactivate DND on Airtel Nigeria.
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When you deactivate DND on Airtel Nigeria, it means that you have given permission to Airtel to send you all unsolicited messages. So it important for you to know this. See how to deactivate on Airtel Nigeria.
To opt out of the service, you will need to SMS the word “ALLOW” to the short code 2442. Once this is done you will now receive all promotional messages. To opt-out is free.
Are promotional messages for Airtel services included in DND?
Customers on Full DND will receive only service messages from Airtel. This is because Airtel Nigeria DND affects only third-party services. simply SMS “HELP” to the shortcode 2442 to find out more
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