Learn how to remove your recent FaceTime call history on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac to clean up the list or simply increase your privacy if you share your device with others.
Each and every missed, placed, received, and declined FaceTime audio and video calls are captured on the recent calls list, so you can tap an entry to quickly dial that person. For privacy reasons or if the list gets chaotic, you might want to remove some items from your recent calls.
Places where recent FaceTime calls are shown
Your recent calls appear in the following places:
- Within the Phone and FaceTime apps on iOS and macOS
- Inside the macOS and iOS Notification Center (only missed and declined calls)
- In the pop-up menu revealed when you right-click or Control-click the FaceTime icon in Mac’s Dock (missed, received, placed, and declined calls)
Here’s how you can clear the recent calls list in FaceTime. But before you get to it, here are a couple of points to keep in mind:
- If you use the same Apple Account on your iOS and macOS devices, deleting a call entry on one device will also remove it from everywhere else. But if the changes don’t sync immediately and you’re short on time, you can delete recent FaceTime calls individually on each device you use.
- Clearing an item on the recent calls list inside the FaceTime app also removes it from the Notification Center, Reminders, and FaceTime’s pop-up menu in the Dock.
Delete FaceTime call logs on Mac
Open the FaceTime app, right-click over a recent non-suggested call tile, and click Remove from Recents. This works on macOS Tahoe as well as older versions of macOS. Removing a recent call log from here should also delete it from the new Phone app on macOS Tahoe.
After revamping the FaceTime app design, Apple has foolishly removed the option to clear all recent calls in one go or delete entries quickly using the keyboard. But if your Mac is running macOS Sequoia or older, you can follow these two methods as well:
- Select the recent call you want to remove from the list and press the delete key on the keyboard. Note that you cannot hold the Command key to select multiple recent FaceTime calls and delete them in one go.
- If you want to clear the entire FaceTime and phone call log, click FaceTime in the menu bar and select Remove All Recents.
Important: If you remove a suggested call tile in the FaceTime app on macOS Tahoe, it will likely return right back. Again, this is foolish and a privacy risk. You may be able to stop this by going to System Settings > Apple Intelligence & Siri > Siri Suggestions & Privacy > FaceTime and turning off both switches. You can also go to FaceTime settings and sign out of your Apple Account to nuke all recent calls.
Remove recent FaceTime calls on iPhone and iPad
Open the FaceTime app, touch and hold a recent call card, and tap Delete. On older versions of iOS, swipe left on a person’s name, phone number, or email, and hit the red trash icon to remove this call entry from the list.
You can also tap Edit > Select, mark the calls, and tap the Delete button. To select several entries quickly, touch with one finger and run it down to mark everything that comes in the way.
If you want to clear your entire phone call history, you can delete your entire iPhone call history, which will also clear all your recent FaceTime calls.
Also, check out: 47 FaceTime tips and tricks to use it like a pro on all devices