Turning international calling and SMS on and off in the Admin Portal
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International calling and international SMS allow users on your account to make outbound calls and send texts to international numbers. Outbound long-distance rates apply when calling from deskphones, <var class="keyword">
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Admins can turn these features off to prevent users from making outbound calls and sending SMS messages to international numbers, avoiding long-distance charges.

Note  
If you turn off international calling or international SMS, it'll be disabled across your entire account, and you'll need to reach out to [customer support](https://support.ringcentral.com/contact-support.html "") to enable it again.

Turning on international calling and international SMS
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When you turn on international calling and SMS, users across the entire account will be able to make calls or send texts to international numbers.

* Sign in to the [<var class="keyword">
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* In the top menu, click the **Account** tab (a) dropdown, then click **Inventory \& Usage** (b).
* In the left panel, click the **Calling Rates** dropdown, then **Outbound Rates**.
* Click the toggle on next to **International Calling** , **International SMS**, or both.
* Click **Yes** in the confirmation box.

  ![Click the toggles beside International Calling or International SMS to enable international calling and SMS](https://assets.ringcentral.com/content/dam/xml-assets/sf-migration/en_US/RC_US/RingCentral_MVP/Enable-Disable-International-Calling-Feature/images/1-Turning-on-off-international-calling-SMS.png)

Turning off international calling and international SMS
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When you turn off international calling and SMS, users across the entire account won't be able to make international calls or send texts.

You can also [block a specific user](https://support.ringcentral.com/article-v2/10622-International-Calling-Blocking-Specific-Users-from-placing-International-calls.html?brand=RC_US&product=RingEX&language=en_US "") from making international calls, [block a specific country or area code](https://support.ringcentral.com/article-v2/10643-International-Calling-Disable-International-Calling-to-a-Specific-Country.html?brand=RC_US&product=RingEX&language=en_US "") from being called, or if you have a multi-site account, you can [create custom lists](https://support.ringcentral.com/article-v2/managing-international-calling-by-site-in-the-admin-portal.html?brand=RingCentral&product=RingEX&language=en_US "") that include the countries that each site is allowed to call.

* Sign in to the [<var class="keyword">
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* In the top menu, click the **Account** tab dropdown, then click **Inventory \& Usage**.
* In the left panel, click the **Calling Rates** dropdown, then **Outbound Rates**.
* Click the toggle off next to **International Calling** , **International SMS**, or both.
* Click **Yes** in the confirmation box.

**Additional resources**  
[Turning off international calling and SMS for specific users in the Admin Portal](https://support.ringcentral.com/article-v2/10622-International-Calling-Blocking-Specific-Users-from-placing-International-calls.html?brand=RC_US&product=RingEX&language=en_US "")  
[Turning off international calling and SMS to a specific country in the Admin Portal](https://support.ringcentral.com/article-v2/10643-International-Calling-Disable-International-Calling-to-a-Specific-Country.html?brand=RC_US&product=RingEX&language=en_US "")  
[Managing international calling by site in the Admin Portal](https://support.ringcentral.com/article-v2/managing-international-calling-by-site-in-the-admin-portal.html?brand=RingCentral&product=RingEX&language=en_US "")  
[Using cross-site access management on multi-site accounts](https://support.ringcentral.com/article-v2/getting-started-with-cross-site-access-management.html?brand=RingCentral&product=RingEX&language=en_US "")  
[Countries supported for RingCentral international numbers](https://support.ringcentral.com/article-v2/International-Numbers-Supported-Countries.html?brand=RC_US&product=RingEX&language=en_US "")