I don’t know about you, but this election season I have been getting spammed with political text messages almost every day. It’s enough that annoying political ads are all over television and social media, but now text messages! 🤬

Luckily, Apple provides tools to help you block, filter, and report spam text messages, and in today’s learning session you’ll learn how to use those tools on your devices.

I do want to point out, this will not stop spam and robo-text messages entirely, but it will slow them down.

So, grab a beverage of choice, maybe a snack, your iPad and iPhone, and settle in for your newsletter learning session with Dave.

Let’s do this… 👩🏽‍🎓👨🏽‍🎓
acne.org buy accutane online How to block messages from a specific person or number

In the Messages app ,  you can block unwanted messages from a specific person or number. Once blocked, you will not receive phone calls, messages, or FaceTime from that person or number.

1. In a Messages conversation, tap the name or number Mariara at the top of the conversation.
2. Tap the   info button (upper-right side), scroll down, then tap Block this Caller.

To view and manage your list of blocked contacts and phone numbers, go to Settings  > Messages > Blocked Contacts.

You’ll still need to delete the spam text message to remove it from your message list.

How to filter messages from unknown senders

With iMessage, you can filter messages from unknown senders, and you won’t get notifications from them.

• Go to Settings  > Messages, scroll down to Message Filtering, then turn on Filter Unknown Senders.

When this setting is on, you can only see messages from people who aren’t in your contacts.

In the Messages app, top-left corner, tap Filters > Unknown Senders.

     Note: You can’t open any links in a message from an unknown sender until you add the sender to your contacts or reply to the message.

Report spam or junk messages

When you use iMessage, you can report spam messages to Apple. Depending on your carrier and country or region, you can also report spam you receive with SMS and MMS (non-Apple user messages).

• In the list of messages, touch and hold the spam message, then tap Report Junk.
• Or, if you’ve opened the message, scroll to the bottom of the message, tap Report Junk, then tap Delete and Report Junk.

The sender’s information and the message are sent to Apple, and the message is permanently deleted from your device.

Note: Reporting junk or spam doesn’t prevent the sender from sending messages, but you can block the number to stop receiving them (see above).

If you don’t see the option to report spam or junk messages you receive with SMS or MMS, contact your carrier.

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