How to Block Text Messages on iPhone

We have already covered how to block calls on iPhone, and in this guide, we will show you how to block text messages on iPhone. This guide is designed to show you what you need to do to block those annoying spam and other text messages.

Unfortunately, in addition to spam calls on iPhone, many also receive spam text messages on iPhone. These usually come in the form of marketing text, scam text trying to trick you into visiting a particular website, and more.

There are several things you can do to block unwanted text messages on your iPhone. You can either block the number of each unwanted SMS you receive or filter unwanted messages.

How to block someone's text messages on iPhone?

If you receive a text message from someone you want to block, you need to open the message on your iPhone. Once the message is open, click the icon at the top with the sender's mobile number or name below.

Now click Info on the right side of the screen; you will now see another screen with the option to block this caller. Click on it, then select Block contact. This phone number will no longer be able to text you; it will also be blocked from making calls to your iPhone.

How to unblock a blocked contact on iPhone?

If you decide to allow the person you've blocked to send you messages, you can always unblock them on your iPhone.

To unblock a contact on the iPhone, you will need to select their number from your blocked contacts and unblock them. This can be done on your iPhone by going to Settings > Messages > Blocked Contacts.

You will then see a list of phone numbers and people that you have blocked from sending your text messages. To remove one of them from your blocked contacts list, select Edit; then you will see a red delete icon next to the phone numbers, select it, and that number or contact will be deleted from your blocked contacts list, you will now be able to receive phone calls and messages from that phone number.< /p > How do you filter all unwanted text messages on iPhone?

There is another option on the iPhone that will make sure you filter out all unwanted text messages and calls on your device. This can be done by filtering your messages so that you only receive text messages from people you know.

To do this, on your handset, go to Settings > Messages, then select the Filter unknown senders button. All messages from these senders will be placed in a separate list.

Links sent in these messages cannot be opened when this setting is enabled, you will need to add the number to your contacts before you can open the link.

How do you report spam messages on iPhone?

Apple has a useful feature that lets you report spam and junk text messages on the iPhone, this only works with Apple iMessage messages, it won't work with normal text messages.

To do this, select the message in Messages, then select Report as Junk, the message will be automatically deleted and reported to Apple as Junk.

We hope you find this guide on how to block unwanted text messages on iPhone useful and hope it helps you reduce spam. You can find more details about these features on Apple's website. If you have any questions, please leave a comment below

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