Are you tired of continuous group texts on your android phone? Is it affecting your privacy? Don’t worry. You can easily block them, turn off the notifications, or temporarily delete them.
This article provides you with the methods to block a group text on android.
Methods to Block a Group Text
- Turning Off the Notifications From the Group
- Blocking a Group Chat Using Textra App
- Blocking a Group Using In-Built Messages App
Methods to Block a Group Text on Android
1. Turning Off the Notifications From the Group
Follow the steps below to turn off the notifications from the group.
- Open the default messages app on your phone.
- Tap and hold the group conversation.
- Select the group conversation that you want to mute. Long press on that conversation.
- Some additional options will appear on the screen.
- Tap on the notification icon. It looks like a bell.
- This will mute notifications for your group conversation so that you won’t receive notifications from this group on your phone.
2. Block a Group Chat Using Textra App
Follow the steps below to block group texts using the textra app for android users.
- Open the Google play store app to download and install the textra app. If you have already installed the app, open the textra app.
- Click on the group conversation.
- Click on the dropdown arrow at the top right corner of the screen.
- Click on the three vertical dots icon.
- It will open a dropdown menu.
- Click on the blacklist option.
- A message will appear at the bottom of the screen saying that the group conversation has been blacklisted.
- Click on the left point arrow. It will take you to the main menu.
- Now, you can notice that the group has been removed, and you will no longer receive messages from that group.
If you have changed your mind and want to unblacklist, follow the steps below.
- Click on the three-dot icon from any conversation.
- Click on Settings.
- Tap the Blacklisted option.
- Click on the group conversation that you want to unblacklist.
- Click on unblacklist.
This will unblacklist the group, and you will start to get messages from this group.
3. Blocking a Group Using In-Built Messages App
Follow the steps below to block a group using the in-built messages app.
- Open the messages app on your phone.
- Click on the group conversation that you want to block. Also, make sure that it has more than two participants.
- Click on the three vertical dots icon at the upper right corner. At the top of the conversation, it will open a dropdown menu.
- Click on people & options from the list.
- It will open the group text’s settings page with group details.
- At the bottom of the page, tap on the group member.
- It will open that person’s contact information and details.
- Click on the message icon.
- It will start a new text conversation with that person.
- Click on the three vertical dots in the upper right corner. It will open a dropdown menu.
- From the menu button, click on people & options from the menu. It will open the settings page of that group conversation.
- Tap block & report spam.
- A notification will pop up. Click on Ok.
- At the bottom right corner of the pop-up window, click on Block.
- All text messages from this sender will be blocked.
- Click on the left point arrow. It will take you to the main menu.
- Now, follow the same steps for other members of the group.
Steps to Temporarily Delete a Group Text
This method will only exit you from a group text. If the other members of the group send any texts, you will also receive them.
But you can’t message them. But the best part is the notification will be stopped while the group text will be accessible to others.
Follow the steps below to temporarily delete a group text.
- Open the messages app on your phone.
- Select the group conversation.
- Swipe your finger to the left of the group text.
- Click on Delete.
Conclusion
I hope the above article has given you an idea about blocking group text on android. Other options are available, like temporarily deleting the group and turning off the notifications.
You can perform this if you think you want to stay away from that group for a while.
But if that group is constantly disturbing your group, you can straight away block them using the in-built messages app or Textra app.