How to Block Group Texts on Android

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Last Updated: January 13, 2025 Tested

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Turning Off Notifications for a Group

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Blacklisting a Group Using Textra

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Blocking a Group's Members

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This wikiHow guide teaches you how to block group texts on Android phones by turning off notifications for a group in Android Messages, or by blacklisting the group using the Textra app. Although most texting apps on Android don't have the ability to block group texts specifically, if you want to permanently block the messages from a group's members you can individually block the members of any group.

Quick Steps

Open Messages.
Tap and hold the group message.
Tap the slashed bell icon.

Method 1

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Turning Off Notifications for a Group

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It's the app with a white speech bubble on a blue background.
Look for the group conversation you want to mute and long press on the conversation. This will open some additional options at the top of the screen.

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It's the icon that looks like a bell with a diagonal line going through it on the top-right of the screen. This disables notifications for the group conversation and your phone will no longer notify you of messages from this conversation.

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Blacklisting a Group Using Textra

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Open Textra. It's the app with an icon that resembles a blue speech bubble with white curvy lines inside of it.
- You can download Textra SMS from the Google Play Store for free if you want to blacklist a group conversation.
Tap the group text conversation you want to blacklist to open the conversation.
It's in the menu bar at the top-right corner of the screen.
It's the icon with three vertical dots that appears in the menu bar at the top of the screen. This opens a small drop-down menu.
It's the first option at the top. A message will appear at the bottom of the screen confirming the group conversation has been blacklisted.
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Tap
. Tap the left-pointing arrow in the top-left corner of the screen to go back to the main messaging menu. The group conversation is removed and you will no longer receive texts from the group.
- You can un-blacklist the group conversation at any time by tapping ⋮, tap Settings, tap Blacklisted, tap the group conversation, then tap Unblacklist.

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Blocking a Group's Members

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It's the app with a white speech bubble on a blue background.
A group conversation is any conversation that has more than two participants.
It's the icon of three vertical dots in the upper-right corner. This will open a drop-down menu.
It's the first option at the top of the menu. This opens the settings page for the group text.
It's at the bottom of the page. This opens the member's contact information and details.
It's the message icon that resembles a speech bubble with the word "Text" underneath. It's located under the person's name or contact number, to the right of the phone icon. This starts a new text message conversation with the person or number.
It's the icon of three vertical dots in the upper-right corner. This will open a drop-down menu.
It's the first option at the top of the menu. This opens the settings page for the group text.
This will display the contact's phone number instead of "(Phone Number)". It's under the "Vibrate" option on the settings page. This will open a confirmation pop-up window.^{[1]
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It's in the bottom-right corner of the pop-up window. This will block all text messages from this sender.^{[2]
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Go back to the main Messages page and select the group text conversation to repeat this process for the other members in the group text.