Read, send, manage text messages

When you receive a text message with the Messaging app, you'll see in the status bar.

Read and reply to a message

  1. Swipe the status bar down and touch .
  2. To respond to the message, enter your response in the text box and touch .
Tips
  • You can save photos from messages. Touch & hold the attachment.
  • If you do not want multi-recipient SMS messages converted to MMS and want replies sent in separate conversations (threads) to you only, you can turn off group messaging.

Send new message

  1. Touch > Messaging.
  2. Touch .
  3. Enter the recipient and your message. To send your message to a group, enter multiple recipients.

  4. Optionally:

    • Touch to add a subject.
    • To attach a photo or video, touch .
    • To add a smiley or other icons, touch on the onscreen keyboard.
  5. Touch .
TipTo text your best friend with one touch from your home screen, add a Direct message widget.

Forward a message

  1. Touch > Messaging.
  2. Open the conversation.
  3. Touch & hold the message.
  4. Touch Forward.

Copy text from a message

  1. Touch > Messaging.
  2. Open the conversation.
  3. Touch & hold the message.
  4. Touch Copy text.

You can now paste it elsewhere, like in an email you're composing.

Delete messages

  • Single message: Open the conversation (thread) and touch & hold the message, then touch Delete.
  • All messages in a conversation: Open the conversation and touch > Delete thread.
  • All messages in the Messaging app: Go to your list of conversations and touch > Delete all threads. Be careful - there's no way to undo this.

See also

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