How to Mute Group Messages on Android and iPhone

How to Mute Group Messages on Android and iPhone: Group texts can help you coordinate with more than one person at once, like when you and your friends are trying to decide where to go for dinner. But if they are used too much, they can also be very annoying. If you get too many messages, you might want to leave the group text.

Unfortunately, you can’t leave a group text on an Android phone the way you can on an iPhone. But you can still turn off notifications for certain group chats, even if you can’t leave them completely. This will stop any alerts from coming through, but you can still use the group text.

Mute Group Messages on Android

Mute Notifications on Messages App Android

Group texts in the Messages app might be a source of effective communication, as everyone gets the equal opportunity to share thoughts on the same topic. On the flip side, group texts can be annoying sometimes. You cannot leave a group text on the Message app on Android without making a request, but you can mute the notifications, and here’s how to do it.

1. Open the Messages app on the android device. 
2. Locate the group texts that you want to mute. 
3. Tap to open the group conversation and click the three vertical dots in the upper right corner. A drop-down menu will appear with the options. 
4. Choose the Notifications icon and toggle it to mute the notifications.

Mute Group Texts on WhatsApp Android 

Group text notifications will annoy you on the built-in Messages app and WhatsApp. WhatsApp is among the top-used communication platforms globally, and they’re very few chances of someone from your contact list not being on WhatsApp. Therefore, here’s how to mute the group texts on WhatsApp.

1. Open WhatsApp.
2. Go to the “Chats” tab, and tap on any group chat you’d like to mute. 
3. Tap to open the group chat and select the three vertical dots on the top-right corner.
4. Tap on “Mute Notifications” from the drop-down menu.
5. Select a duration for muting the conversation.

How to Mute Group Messages on iPhone

Mute Notifications

1. Open the group text you want to mute.
2. Go to the top of the screen and tap the group of contacts.
3. Tap the Information button (it’s located under the group).
4. Scroll to the bottom and tap the Hide Alerts toggle to turn it On.

Leave a Group Text on iOS

1. Open the group iMessage you want to leave.
2. Tap the group at the top, then the Information button.
3. Scroll down and tap Leave this Conversation.
4. Tap Leave this Conversation to confirm you choice.

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