How to Leave a Group Text on Your iPhone

By Hallei Halter updated on 02/24/2020

* This post is part of iPhone Life's Tip of the Day newsletter. . *

We've already taught you how to make a group chat and how to name a group text. Now, let's cover how to leave a group chat. A group text is great for keeping everyone in the loop, but sometimes the text conversation becomes annoying, and the text notifications need to stop! Here's how to get out of a group text, or iMessage, and how to mute iPhone notification sounds if some members aren't using iMessage, like Android users.

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How to Remove Yourself from a Group Text When All Members Are Using iMessage

If message notifications are driving you crazy, you have the option to either leave the group chat or mute text notifications. If everyone in the group text has an iPhone, they're using iMessage; you'll be able to recognize these members because their text messages will appear in a blue text bubble. Android users' text messages appear in green text bubbles. You'll only have the option to leave a group text on your iPhone if all group chat members are using iOS devices. Here's how to leave a group chat on your iPhone if every member of the chat is using an Apple device.

Open the Messages app.
Tap the group text you want to exit.
Tap the top header of the conversation, where the Messages profiles are.
Tap the info icon.
Select Leave This Conversation and confirm.
Tap Done.
All group chat members will see you've left. You won't receive any more messages from this group text.

How to Leave a Group Chat on Your iPhone If Some Members Are Using Android Phones

If you don't see the option to leave, some members may not be using Apple devices. As mentioned before, if everyone in the group text has an iPhone, their text messages will appear in blue text bubbles. Android users' text messages appear in green text bubbles. In this situation, you can still mute the conversation to stop receiving notifications from the group text.

To Mute a Group Text with Members Who Don’t Use iMessages

The first steps of muting a group text are the same as leaving the group text. Just open the group text, tap the top header of the conversation, then tap the info icon. After this:

Toggle Hide Alerts to on.
Tap Done.
Next to the conversation, you'll see a moon icon that means it's been muted.
Alternately, you can swipe left on the group chat from the main Messages screen to select Hide Alerts. You can do the same and tap Show Alerts to unmute the notifications.