Add together and remove people in group text messages on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod affect

Larn how to add and remove people in group text messages on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

  • With iMessage — an Apple characteristic — you can add someone to a grouping text message every bit long as there are three or more people in the group and everyone is using an Apple device like an iPhone, iPad, or iPod impact. To remove someone, you lot demand four or more people in the group and everyone needs to be using an Apple device.
  • You lot can't add or remove people in grouping SMS/MMS messages and you can't add or remove someone if they're using a non-Apple device. Learn the difference between iMessage and SMS/MMS messages.

iPhone showing how to add someone to a group text message.

How to add someone to a group text bulletin

  1. Tap the group message that yous want to add someone to.
  2. Tap the group icons at the height of the thread.
  3. Tap the grayness arrow icon to the right of the contacts, so tap Add Contact.
  4. Type the contact that you lot want to add together, then tap Done.

If yous desire to add someone to a group message — but they're using a not-Apple device — you need to create a new group SMS/MMS message because they can't exist added to a group message using iMessage. You can't add together someone to a messages conversation that you're already having with just one other person.

iPhone showing how to remove someone from a group text message.

How to remove someone from a group text message

  1. Tap the grouping bulletin that has the contact you desire to remove.
  2. Tap the grouping icons at the acme of the thread.
  3. Tap the gray arrow icon to the right of the contacts, then swipe left over the name of the person you want to remove.
  4. Tap Remove, then tap Washed.

You can but remove someone if the group has four or more than people, and anybody is using an Apple device, similar an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

Desire to remove yourself from a grouping text message? Learn how to mute the notifications from a grouping text or leave the chat in the Messages app.

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