You know how it is — you get invited to a multi-person chat via iMessage with people you sort of know and it gets all kinds of awkward and annoying as the group blows up your iPhone with a ton of messages you really don’t want to pay attention to.
What’s a popular girl or guy like you to do? There are a couple of ways to get out of those iMessage group conversations so you can finally relax.
First, you can leave the conversation itself, as long as the group has more than four people in it (besides you).
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To do this, tap the Details button in the upper right of the Group message screen. You’ll be able to swipe to the bottom and tap on “Leave this Conversation” in red. You’ll get a confirmation button to slide up that will let you actually leave or cancel (just in case you change your mind).
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If you’ve added people to the chat group, you can swipe to the left on their name and then hit the Delete button. They’ll know you’ve dumped them, though, so be sure to be mindful of that.
Photo: Rob LeFebvre/Cult of Mac
If your group convo is taking place among three or fewer people (not including you), then you only have the option to mute the conversation. Tap the Details button again, then swipe down to “Do Not Disturb.” Toggle that bad boy to ON and now you won’t get notifications for the conversation anymore. This is very handy when you want to see the conversation but not get buzzed and pinged every time someone posts a quick thought.
With those two strategies, you should be good to go — and no longer terrorized by the whims of a large number of casual acquaintances who like to talk in large groups.
Via: Macworld
Rob LeFebvre is an Anchorage, Alaska-based writer and editor who has contributed to various tech, gaming and iOS sites, including 148Apps, Creative Screenwriting, Shelf-Awareness, VentureBeat, and Paste Magazine. Feel free to find Rob on Twitter @roblef, and send him a cookie once in a while; he’ll really appreciate it.
2 responses to “How to escape those awkward iMessage group convos”
It really sucks that Apple had to remove the “Leave This Conversation” link, even though you can toggle the Do Not Disturbe button you are still getting the messages but not the notifications, so really you are still envolved.
I wish the group message options would be more polished. There should be an option where a reply in a group message should only go to the group message initiator (not to every recipient)
Yes, there are apps that do that but that gets complicated.