Block messages from someone in Messages

You can stop seeing messages from other people by blocking them in Messages.

Note: Some of these steps work only on Android 7.0 and up. Learn how to check your Android version.

Block a conversation

  1. Open the Messages app Messages Logo Round.
  2. On the Home screen, touch and hold each conversation that you'd like to block.
  3. Tap Block  and then Block.

Unblock a conversation

  1. Open the Messages app Messages Logo Round.
  2. Tap Spam & blocked and then More More and then Blocked contacts.
  3. Find the contact in the list and tap Remove Remove and then tap Unblock. Otherwise, tap Back Back.

To put conversations back on the Home screen, unblock the contact.

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