On some days, it can feel as if robocallers are outnumbering calls from your own friends and family members.

If your phone is being inundated with such calls, there are steps you can take to try to block them out.

Here’s how you can fight them:

Rule No. 1

The most simple and effective remedy is to not answer numbers you don’t know, Alex Quilici, chief executive of YouMail, a robocall-blocking service.

“Just interacting with these calls is just generally a mistake,” he said.

If you do answer, don’t respond to the invitation to press a number to opt out. That will merely verify that yours is a working number and make you a target for more calls, experts said.