Learn Using iMessage Groups Right On Your iPhone/iPad

With iMessage, you don’t have any limitations on the number of people you can send a message to in one go. With the help of iMessage groups, it is possible for iPhone/iPad users to share text, videos, photos, location, soundbites and almost everything else with two, three or as many people as you like. Even your group conversation threads can be named as you like so that you can find them easily whenever you have to. In fact, you can even mute group conversations when other group members are talking about something that doesn’t really concern you. Let’s start learning how groups can be used on iMessage.

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• How You Can Start Group Messages Using Your iPhone/iPad?
• How You Can Rename Group Message Threads?
• How You Can Mute/Leave iMessage Groups Conversations?

How You Can Start Group Messages Using Your iPhone/iPad?

If you want to start group messages on your device using iMessage, here are the steps that you will have to follow.

1. Open Messages app on your device
2. Tap Compose Message button which looks like a note having pencil & paper
3. Enter the name of first contact that you want to add to the group
4. Enter the name of other contact that you want to add to the group
5. Now, tap on text field towards bottom of the message
6. Type in your message that you’d like to send in the group
7. Finally, tap on Send

Now you can begin chatting in the group, rather than sending messages to each of the group members individually.

How You Can Rename Group Message Threads?

If some people are added to the group and a few have left or if the topic of your group messages has changed, your group can be renamed. Here is how you can do that on your device.

1. Open Messages app on your device
2. Tap on group conversation that you want to rename
3. Tap on Details
4. Scroll up by swiping down
5. Tap on Group Name on top of the screen
6. Type the new name for the group conversation that you want to use now
7. Tap on Done

Congrats! Your group has been successfully renamed.

How You Can Mute/Leave iMessage Groups Conversations?

So, someone in your friends circle has added you to a group conversationbut you are not interested in following that conversation? Not an issue! You can simply mute the conversation if you want to stay in the group without having to notice what’s going on in the group or you can leave the conversation right away. Here is how you can use both these options on your iPhone/iPad.

1. Open Messages app on your device
2. Tap on group conversation that you are looking to leave
3. Tap on Details towards top right side of the screen
4. Here you can find both the options and decide whether you’d like to leave the conversation or mute it.
   • If you intend to mute the conversation so that you do not receive any notifications from it then tap the slider in front of Do Not Disturb to mute it.
   • Tap on ‘Leave This Conversation’ if you do not want to stay in the group anymore.

It is important to remember here, however, that you can leave the iMessage groups only if all the members of the group are on iMessage. The reason is that Apple cannot remove or block you from regular SMS/MMS carrier messages. They can only remove group members from the iMessage threads.

So, that’s all about iMessage groups on iPhone/iPad. If you are confused on anything mentioned above, talk to us in comments.