How to Block Text Messages on Your iPhone

  Matt Cone       April 5, 2021      Tutorials iPhone


Getting unwanted text messages on your iPhone? You can use a feature on your iPhone to block the phone number from sending text messages to your iPhone again. After you block the phone number, you won’t get any more text messages from that phone number again.

Here’s how to block text messages on your iPhone:

  1. From the iPhone’s home screen, tap the Messages icon.

  2. Tap the message from the phone number you want to block.

  3. Tap the contact’s profile picture at the top of the screen, as shown below.

    Blocking text messages on your iPhone

  4. Tap Info.

    Blocking text messages on your iPhone

  5. Tap Info.

    Blocking text messages on your iPhone

  6. Tap Block this Caller.

    Blocking text messages on your iPhone

You’ve successfully blocked the phone number from sending text messages to your iPhone. If you ever change your mind and decide to accept text messages from the phone number again, you can unblock the phone number on your iPhone.

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