How to Leave a Group Text on iPhone (iOS 17)

If message notifications are driving you crazy, you have the option to either leave the group chat or mute text notifications. You can tell if all group members are using iOS devices because your text message bubbles will appear blue, and theirs will appear as gray. In a conversation where one or more members are using Android or other non-Apple devices, your text messages will appear in green bubbles. Here's how to leave a group chat on iPhone if every member of the chat is using an Apple device.

1. Open the Messages app.
   
   
2. Tap the group text you want to exit.
   
   
3. Tap the top header of the conversation, where the Messages profiles are. 
   
   
4. Tap Leave this Conversation.
   
   
5. To confirm, tap Leave this Conversation again.
   
   
6. Tap Done. 
   
   
7. Now you won't see new messages, receive notifications, or be able to type or text in the group chat. However, the past conversation will remain on your phone until you delete it.
   
   
8. It also will alert every other member in the group that you have left the group chat. 
   
   

Don't have the option to leave the conversation? This may be for a few reasons. The first is because the group message may only have three participants in total. You can't leave a group text with only three participants because one person leaving would make it cease to be a group text, and apparently, iPhones can't handle that existential crisis yet. The other reason you may not be able to leave a group chat is because not all participants are iPhone users. In that case, be sure to check out our article on how to block numbers and contacts or learn how to silence unwanted notifications.