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Jul 20, 2024 · SMS/MMS messages appear in green bubbles whereas iMessages (messages sent via internet) appear in blue bubbles. The number on the Messages app icon represents the number of unread messages.
- Overview
- Send a message on your iPhone or iPad
- Pin important conversations
- Change your name and photo
- Stop notifications for a conversation
- Find attachments from a conversation
- Set Messages to automatically delete verification codes in iOS 17 or later
- Share TV and music, your projects, or your location
Send texts, photos, videos, and more. Pin your conversations. Set Messages to automatically delete verification codes once you use them with AutoFill.
1.Open Messages.
2.Tap the Compose button to start a new message. Or go to an existing conversation.
3.Type your message, then tap the Send button.
With iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 and later, you can also use inline replies and mentions to call attention to specific messages and people within the messages.
Delete a message
Recover deleted messages
1.In Messages, tap Edit or the More button.
2.Tap Edit Pins, then tap the Pin button.
3.Tap Done.
You can also touch and hold a conversation to pin it. In iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 and later, you can pin up to nine conversations.
1.In Messages, tap Edit or the More button.
2.Tap Edit Name and Photo.
3.Edit your name. Or tap the image circle to choose an image, photo, emoji, or Memoji.
4.Tap Done.
1.Open Messages.
2.Swipe left over the conversation that you want to mute.
3.Tap the Alerts button.
When Hide Alerts is on, the Alerts button appears next to the conversation. This stops notifications only for that conversation, not your device. You’ll still receive all other messages and see notifications for them on your Lock Screen.
1.Open the message.
2.Tap the name of the contact at the top of the message. If you're using iOS 14 or earlier, or iPadOS, tap the Info button.
3.You'll see Photos, Links, Documents, and more. Touch and hold an image or attachment to show options like Save, Copy, Share, and Delete.
From your conversations page in iOS 16.2 and later, you can also search to find photos in Messages based on their content, like a dog, car, person, or text.
1.In the Settings app, tap Passwords.
2.Tap Password Options.
3.Turn on Clean Up Automatically.
With this setting on in iOS 17 or later, your phone automatically deletes verification codes in Messages or Mail after the code has been used with AutoFill.
•Use Shared with You to find and share content like TV shows, images, music, or websites.
•Use group messages to collaborate on a project from apps like Notes or Pages in iOS 16 or later.
•Use Messages to share your location or to start a Check In and notify friends when you arrive at a destination.
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- Play games within Messages. One of the best features of iOS Messages is its integration with the iOS App Store and apps. If you're texting another Messages user, you can invite them to download a specific app, such as a game.
- Use secret codes for animations. One of the fun Easter eggs buried within Messages is the range of animations that can be triggered using secret codewords.
- Add custom effects. You can also add effects and animations to messages manually. Messages lets you add two genres of effects: bubble effects, which give the individual message an effect such as slamming or fizzing in invisible ink; or screen effects, which apply animations to the entire screen, such as a laser show, fireworks or a spotlight.
- Edit or undo a sent message. One of the standout features of Apple's iOS 16 launch back in 2022 was the ability to edit or undo messages. The Messages-using community was obviously pretty glad to see these features — after all, who hasn't sent an annoyed text and then immediately regretted it, or accidentally sent a compromising message to the wrong person.
iMessage is a secure messaging service that you can use to send and receive text messages in the Messages app on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro.
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- View and manage attachments. Messages can be used to send photos and videos. These are stored on your iPhone, but if you send and receive a lot of attachments, you'll need an easy way to view and manage them.
- Delete your messages. Deleting a single conversation is easy, and it's likely that you've done this many times. You only need to swipe left over a conversation in the main list of threads, tap the trashcan icon and tap "Delete" to confirm.
- Mute a conversation. Fed up of receiving alerts for certain conversations but still want to see notifications appearing for other chats? It's possible to hide alerts for a specific conversation, which means you won't see messages from that thread appear on your Lock Screen or be told that a message has arrived.
- Share your location. If you need someone to know where you are, you can share your whereabouts via Messages. Open the Messages app and either tap a conversation or start a new one.
Jun 20, 2023 · Use Screen Time to Lock the Messages App With a Passcode At the moment, you can't use Face ID or Touch ID to lock built-in Apple apps like Messages. A workaround is to utilize your Screen Time passcode instead.
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