User Guide

If the message can’t be sent (if you’re out of cellular network range, for example), an
alert badge appears on the Messages icon on the Home screen. If Messages is in a
folder, the alert badge appears on the folder.
Alert badge
Your conversations are saved in the Messages list. Conversations that contain unread
messages have a blue dot next to them. Tap a conversation in the list to see that
conversation or add to it.
Text messages
you sent
Text messages
from the other
person
iPhone displays the 50 most recent messages in the conversation. To see earlier
messages, scroll to the top and tap Load Earlier Messages.
Send a message to a group of people: Tap , then add recipients. If you enter a
phone number manually (instead of selecting it from Contacts), tap Return before
entering another entry.
Replies from any of the recipients are sent only to you, not to the other people you texted.
Reply or send a message to a person (or group) you’ve texted before: Tap an entry
in the Messages list, then type a new message in the conversation and tap Send.
Send a message to a favorite or to a recent call:
1 Tap Phone on the Home screen, then tap Favorites or Recents.
2 Tap next to a name or number, then tap Text Message.
3 If multiple phone numbers appear, tap the one you want to text.
When MMS is available, Messages allows you to include a subject in your text messages.
You can turn this feature on or o in Messages settings. It is turned on by default.
Include or remove the subject eld: In Settings, tap Messages, then tap Show
Subject Field.
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