You want to stop calling: blocking the number is a separate decision

If you no longer want retries, stop the session

To stop repeating a call in AutoRedial, use the active session’s stop control, also available through its persistent notification. Managing a blocked number is a separate decision. Do not substitute a block-list change for checking that your outgoing retries have stopped.

AutoRedial documents both blocked-number management and redial-session control. We do not infer that editing a list stops a session or promise universal blocking. First separate your goals, then choose the action.

The repair shop replied another way

Fictional example: you were retrying an ordinary call to a repair shop when the information you needed arrives in a message. You no longer want to keep calling. That does not mean you want to prevent a return call later.

1. Check that the active session corresponds to the destination you intended to stop calling.
2. Use its stop control, for example through AutoRedial’s documented persistent notification.
3. Review the displayed session state before considering it stopped. Leaving a screen or turning the screen off is not the same as using the stop control.
4. Keep your decision about future contact calls separate. In this example you have chosen no reason to add the shop to blocked numbers.

These steps do not promise a fixed button position: follow the options in your version and device. You do not need to place a test call to make this check.

Blocking answers a different question

If you want to manage calls from a number you do not want to receive, consult your dialer’s blocked-number options and the actual capabilities of Android, your SIM and carrier. Google Phone’s help explains blocking in its own app; its gestures and menus are not AutoRedial instructions.

State your goal plainly: “stop the session I started” or “manage calls from this number.” If both apply, check both actions separately. Do not turn that choice into a promise to block messages, external applications or every possible contact route.

If the call connected, check a different state

AutoRedial stops retries when Android reports a connection; the conversation continues normally. It never automatically hangs up an active conversation and does not analyze audio to distinguish a person from an announcement. Ending a connected call is therefore separate from stopping the retry cycle.

Read the official facts and Google Play listing. AutoRedial requires Android 10 or later and the default-dialer role; it does not guarantee a connection. Decide what you want to stop, then check its actual state.