What star codes are supported?
Use star codes to access extra features and functionality regardless of the model of phone you’re using.
Star Code | Video | Definition |
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*7 | Pauses and resumes recording on live calls. | |
*11 | Searches the default dial by name directory. | |
*12 | N/A | No action. Reserved for emergency services in some countries. |
*13 + ext | Logs in and out of a call queue. | |
*14 | Records a sound clip to be used in a dial plan or call queue (requires prompt recording permissions). | |
*15 + ext/tel | Records a single call (feature must be set up by a system admin). This cannot be used mid-call. | |
*17 + ext | Initiates call monitoring (requires monitoring permissions). | |
*19 | Changes personal dialable password (default 0000). This password is used with the dialable username to access permission-based tasks such as recording prompts, making international calls, and call monitoring. It is different from the voicemail password. | |
*21 | Records personal directory name to be used in a dial by name directory. | |
*22 | Records others’ directory names to be used in a dial by name directory (requires prompt recording permissions). | |
*33 | Pauses an agent's calls in all assigned queues. Agent will hear "agent paused". | |
*33 + ext | Pauses an agent's calls in a specific queue. Agent will hear "agent paused". | |
*34 | Resumes an agent's calls in all assigned queues. Agent will hear "available". | |
*34 + ext | Resumes an agent 's calls in a specific queue. Agent will hear "available". | |
*37 | Places a call on hold in a virtual parking spot on the system. There are an unlimited number of parking spots available. To park in a user-assigned spot, direct transfer to *37 + parking spot number (any number of digits, but it cannot start with 0). To park in a system-assigned spot, warm transfer to *37 (the system will notify you where the call is parked). To answer a parked call, dial *37 + parking spot number. | |
*43 + dialable username | Initiates hot desking allowing you to load your extension settings to a shared phone and use it as your own. Dial the same star code to log out of a shared phone. This feature is supported on Cisco MPP, Polycom, and Yealink only and must be enabled by a system admin on your user profile and each shared device. | |
*67 + tel | Blocks your number from a caller ID for a single call. | |
*72 + ext/tel | Activates server-side call forwarding—all incoming calls are forwarded to an internal extension or external number. | |
*73 | De-activates server-side call forwarding. | |
*77 | Switches a call between devices assigned to a single user. | |
*82 + tel | Overrides the Block Caller ID setting for a single call. | |
*97 + ext | Picks up a call ringing on another user’s phone (directed call pickup). | |
*98+ ext | Checks other extension, ring group, or shared voicemail boxes. | |
*99 | Checks voicemail for the line assigned to the phone. | |
*911 | Tests emergency services call notifications.
CAUTION: Test emergency services not supported on the mobile app.
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* + extension | Pages an individual phone, or even an entire ring group, by automatically activating their speakerphone (feature must be enabled on the recipient’s line). | |
* | Rewinds voicemail messages in 2 second increments. | |
# | Fast forwards voicemail messages in 4 second increments. |
Article last updated: 26 April, 2023
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