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This wikiHow teaches you how to turn off the group messaging feature, and mute all notifications from a group message thread, using a Samsung Galaxy.
Steps
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Open the Messages app on your Galaxy. Find and tap the icon on your Apps menu to open Messages.[1]
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Tap the ⋮ icon. This button is in the upper-right corner of your screen. It will open a drop-down menu.Advertisement
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Tap Settings on the menu. This will open your messaging settings on a new page.[2]
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Tap Advanced. This option is at the bottom of the Settings menu.
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Tap Group messaging. This will open your group text settings on a new page.[3]
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Slide the group messaging switch to . This option is labeled "Send an SMS reply to all recipients and get individual replies (mass text)" on the Group messaging page.
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Tap the group message you want to mute. Find the group conversation you want to mute on the list of your recent message threads, and open it.
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Tap the ⋮ icon. This button is in the upper-right corner of your chat conversation. It will open your message options a drop-down menu.
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Tap People & options on the menu. This will open your message settings on a new page.
Expert Q&A
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QuestionHow do I block multimedia messages?Henry ParisHenry Paris is an Electronic Repair Expert specializing in sharing information about smartphones. Henry is the owner and manager of Electronic Repair Solutions (ERS Bit), and has a follower base of over 63,000 YouTube subscribers and over 150,000 followers on Instagram. As Ersbit, Henry and his team create electronics repair content, offering repair tutorials, product reviews, and stress testing of devices. His most popular videos highlight phone camera and screen replacement tips. His channels offer recommendations and tips on how to save money by doing DIY repairs and other device upgrades. Henry’s aim is to educate his audience by covering all aspects of repairing phones, so that they can save money and fix their devices, themselves.
Tech ExpertOpen your messaging app, then navigate to the settings. In there, you should see a setting for receiving MMS or multimedia messages. Turn off auto-retrieve or auto-download. Another thing that you can do is to block the sender completely if it's a spam message.
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