You can mute people on iPhone Messages app if you don’t want to get notifications from them.
Lets say that you are getting a lot of messages from a person. And you want to stop these endless notifications. You may just want to mute notifications for that contact without muting everything.
Regarding the mute feature on an iPhone Messages app, a lot of users have usually these two questions:
- What actually happens when you mute someone on iPhone Messages? For example, what will happen when a muted person tries to text you?
- Will the muted person know that he or she is muted? For example, will they get a “your number has been muted message?
In this article, we will try to answer these questions.
If you mute someone on iPhone Messages, what will happen?
- If the contact or number you muted sends you a text message, you will not get a notification until you unmute them again.
- If the muted contact uses iMessage to text you, again, you will not get a notification until you unmute them.
- The contact won’t be notified that they’ve been muted.
- You will still be able to send, receive messages and respond to messages.
If you are muted on iPhone Messages, what will happen?
- There is no way for you to know if you are muted.
- If you text the person who muted you, they will receive your message, however, they won’t get notifications.
How to Mute someone on iPhone Messages app
As I’ve stated above, when you mute someone on iPhone Messages app, you will stop getting notifications for a conversation while you continue to receive its messages.
Here’s how to mute text message notifications from someone on your iPhone:
- Open the Messages app on your iPhone.
- In the Messages list, do one of the following:
- Swipe left on a conversation, then tap the Mute button.
- Touch and hold a conversation, then tap Hide Alerts.
How to Mute All Notifications From Everyone on Your iPhone
If you want to temporarily mute all notifications, messages, and calls, you can go to Focus in Settings and turn on Do Not Disturb. Then, choose to let particular contact notifications come through if required.
This is what happens when you mute someone on iPhone Messages app
When you mute someone on your iPhone’s Messages app, you won’t get any notifications from them until you unmute them again. However, you can still see their texts when you open the app, so you can still choose to read them if you want to.
All you have to do is turn on the toggle for a contact or swipe and tap on the bell icon to mute them. But if you want to stop incoming calls and text notifications from everyone, put your iPhone in Focus or Do Not Disturb mode instead.