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Android and Samsung Galaxy phones don't allow you to 'leave' a group text.[1] When a sender sends a text message to a group of people, all recipients receive it as a group message. However, you can mute and delete a conversation. If worse comes to worst, you can block users from sending text messages. This How.com.vn teaches you how to mute and delete a group text message as well as how to block senders on Samsung Galaxy.
Things You Should Know
- You won't be able to leave a group text on Android and Samsung Galaxy.
- Instead, you can mute and delete the conversation.
- If you do not want to receive group messages, you can block certain users.
Steps
Open your Samsung Galaxy's Messages App. It has an icon that resembles a speech bubble. Tap the icon on your Home screen or Apps menu.
Tap and hold the group conversation you want to leave. This displays a pop-up at the bottom of the screen.Advertisement
Tap Notifications. It's the first option in the menu at the bottom of the screen. It has an icon that resembles a bell with a line through it. This disables notifications so that you are no longer alerted when you receive messages from this group.
- Alternatively, you can open the group conversation, tap the icon with three vertical dots in the upper-right corner (⋮). Then tap the bell icon in the lower-right corner of the menu.[2]
Tap and hold the conversation again. This displays the same pop-up at the bottom of the screen again.
Tap Delete. It's the second button at the bottom of the screen. It has an icon that resembles a trashcan.
Tap Delete. This confirms that you want to delete the conversation and deletes it.
Open your Samsung Galaxy's Messages App. It has an icon that resembles a speech bubble. Tap the icon on your Home screen or Apps menu.
Tap a group conversation you want to leave. This displays a popup at the bottom of the screen.
Tap a user that is constantly sending messages. This displays the information page for that sender. If a sender is persistently sending group text messages that you don't want, you can block that number. This will block all messages from that sender. Make sure it's a sender that you don't need to hear from.
Tap Block. It's the third button at the bottom of the screen. It has an icon that resembles a circle with a slash through it.
Tap Block. This confirms that you want to block the number and blocks it. You will not receive any more text messages from that sender.- If there is more than one sender in a group text that is constantly sending you text messages, you can block multiple users.
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1. Open the Messages app.
2. Tap and hold a group conversation.
3. Tap Notifications at the bottom of the screen to mute the conversation.
4. Tap and hold the group conversation again.
5. Tap Delete at the bottom of the screen.
7. Tap Delete to confirm that you want to delete the conversation.
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