User Guide

Accounts and Messaging 95
Block Unwanted Messages
Declutter your Messages screen by moving spam messages from contacts to the block box. If you have
blocked a contact, that contact’s messages will also be in the block box.
1. Touch > .
2. Do any of the following:
 On the Messages screen, touch and hold a contact (or phone number) and touch Block
contact.
 To block multiple contacts, touch > Block contacts, select the contacts, and touch Move.
When the contact sends you messages, you will not see them in the Messages screen or receive
notifications and calls.
To read messages in the block box, on the Messages screen, touch > Block.
Note: To remove messages or contacts from the block box, touch and hold the contact (or phone
number) and touch Unblock.
Note: To completely discard future messages from blocked contacts, clear the Save block message
option in the Messages settings.
Delete Messages and Conversations
Tidy up your messages list by deleting old messages and conversations.
1. Touch > .
2. On the Messages screen, do any of the following:
 Delete a message. Open the conversation thread with a contact, touch the message, and
then touch Delete message. To delete multiple messages within a conversation, touch >
Delete messages > Delete by selection, and then select the messages to delete.
 Delete a conversation. Touch and hold a contact (or phone number), and then touch
Delete. To delete multiple conversations, on the Messages screen, touch > Delete threads,
and then select the conversations to delete.
Tip: In the Messages settings, touch General > Delete old messages to auto delete old messages.
Back Up and Restore Your Text Messages
Back up important text messages to your phone’s storage or to your email account.
Back Up Text Messages
1. Touch > .
2. On the Messages screen, touch > Back up/Restore SMS > Back up.