Help How to disable GV?!

[Teris]

I have Google Voice, which I recently discovered counts against my minutes when it sends me a transcript/recording of my voicemails (this is because VZ forwards calls to GV and charges for the time). I am leaving the country and the cost of calls overseas is $2/minute. I need to avoid charges for calls where people leave me voicemail messages, so I need to disable GV for the time I'm overseas. I can't figure out how to temporarily disable GV. Can someone please help? Thanks!

 

[Kelmar]

Try dialing *73 then send

 

[Teris]

I'm not sure if that worked. If I leave myself a voicemail, it does not appear on GV. But I do get a message on my phone to call my GV number to retrieve the message. Doesn't that mean that the message was forwarded by VZ to GV and therefore I'm using minutes?

 

[Kelmar]

How do you deactivate Google voicemail from a verizon cell phone - Google Voice Help

Says to try *73 and *900 and *920


Each of those should disable some portion of call forwarding (which is what GV does)

 

[Teris]

I gave this a try. Hope it works. Thanks for the help!!

 

[Kelmar]

I hope it works too

I don't have Verizon but that's all I could find for you.

 

[DroidPower]

I have Google Voice, which I recently discovered counts against my minutes when it sends me a transcript/recording of my voicemails (this is because VZ forwards calls to GV and charges for the time). I am leaving the country and the cost of calls overseas is $2/minute. I need to avoid charges for calls where people leave me voicemail messages, so I need to disable GV for the time I'm overseas. I can't figure out how to temporarily disable GV. Can someone please help? Thanks!

Go to google voice (PC) web page settings, and uncheck using your cell phone as forwarding calls to, maybe add your house phone as a forwarding option.

On your cell phone open the Google Voice App, go menu/settings and check off the option to not use Google Voice, the green light (Button) should illuminate.