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How to Turn Off Summaries on iPhone

By Rhett Intriago

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How to Know If Someone Blocked You on iPhone & iMessage

By Leanne Hays

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How to Mute a Group Text on iPhone

By Sarah Kingsbury

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How to Fix an iMessage Activation Error Fast!

By Conner Carey

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How to Send Fireworks on an iPhone: Text Messages Effects

By Jivan Hall

How to Send Fireworks on iPhone: Text Messages Effects

What better way to ring in the New Year or celebrate a holiday than by sending fireworks on your iPhone? With the Messages app, you can send iMessage effects along with your text. These iPhone texting effects include balloons, confetti, and fireworks. Below, we'll cover how to send fireworks on iPhone.

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How to Review Large Attachments on iPhone & Bulk Delete Them

By Conner Carey

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How to Send & Request Money Using Apple Pay

By Belinda Sanmiguel

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View the Edit History of a Text Message on iPhone

By Rhett Intriago

Perhaps you received an interesting text from someone, only to find it was quickly edited. So, how does editing work on iMessage? Can people see your edits on iMessage? In the latest version of iOS, you can edit texts and view the edit history of messages you've sent or received from others. Below, we'll show you how to check the edit history of a text in the Messages app.

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How to See All Photos Sent in Messages & All Text Attachments

By Sarah Kingsbury

Tired of scrolling through Messages threads looking for photos and links friends and family have sent you? Find them the easy way; here's how!

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How to Delete Attachments but Not Conversations in Messages

By Sarah Kingsbury

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How to Save Photos Captured Via Messages Camera (or Not)

By Olena Kagui

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What Does Notifications Silenced Mean?

By Rachel Needell

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Use Emergency Bypass on iPhone to Sidestep Focus Modes

By Conner Carey

Use Emergency Bypass on iPhone to Designate Priority Contacts

Did you know you can disable Do Not Disturb for as many contacts as you want? Here's how to bypass Do Not Disturb with Emergency Bypass, so emergency bypass contacts on your iPhone can call, text, or both.

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How to Create a Contact Group on iPhone—the Easy Way!

By Becca Ludlum

Making iPhone contact groups allows you to quickly send a message or email to multiple people. If you want to create a contact group for text messages, you can do that in the iPhone Messages app. We'll teach you how to add groups on your iPhone so you can quickly send group texts and emails.