Start by tapping the green Messages icon on your iPhone.
Look on your iPhone for the green Messages icon with the white speech bubble. Tap it once (if you are already inside a conversation, tap ‹ Back at the top-left so you see your main list of chats).
🔍 What to look for on your iPhone screen: Green icon with a white speech bubble (“Messages”)
🏮 Lanny’s pointer tip: “Start here! Tap the green Messages icon on your iPhone!”
👉 Try it now: Tap the green Messages icon and locate the noisy group text.
💡 Helpful Note: Can’t spot Messages? Swipe down from the center of your phone screen (not from the top of the phone, which opens shortcut icons instead of Search) to search “Messages”. Muting a group text is 100% private!
Slide that group text row to the left with your finger.
Place your finger on the group conversation row and slide it slightly to the left (stop halfway—don’t swipe all the way across). Two action buttons will appear on the right side of the row.
🔍 What to look for on your iPhone screen: Purple Bell button and Red Trash button on the right
🏮 Lanny’s pointer tip: “Slide that row left to reveal the purple Bell button!”
👉 Try it now: Swipe the conversation row to the left on your iPhone.
💡 Helpful Note: Be careful to tap the purple Bell icon, not the red Trash Can icon next to it!
Tap the purple Bell button (Hide Alerts). That immediately silences all chimes and vibrations for this specific conversation while leaving the rest of your phone’s ringers normal!
🔍 What to look for on your iPhone screen: Purple square button with a crossed-out bell
🏮 Lanny’s pointer tip: “Tap the purple Bell button to silence the dings!”
👉 Try it now: Tap the purple Bell button on your screen.
💡 Helpful Note: You can also turn on Hide Alerts from inside the chat by tapping the group names at the top and flipping on 'Hide Alerts'.
Look for the little crossed-out bell next to the chat.
You’ll now see a small gray bell with a line through it next to that group chat. Anytime you want to unmute it later, just swipe the row left again and tap the purple Bell!
🔍 What to look for on your iPhone screen: Small crossed-out bell 🔕 next to the conversation
🏮 Lanny’s pointer tip: “See the 🔕 icon? No more non-stop dinging!”
👉 Try it now: Check for the small crossed-out bell icon next to the chat.
💡 Helpful Note: All new messages and photos in that group still arrive normally whenever you open Messages to read them.
