What Is Hide Alerts in Messages on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

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What Is ‘Hide Alerts’ Feature in Messages?

Hide Alerts can be turned on to silence annoying chat threads for the selected contacts. You can also block contacts, but in that case, you can’t receive their messages and calls. Instead of taking such an extreme step, enable the Hide Alerts option and avoid notifications.

How to Enable or Disable Hide Alerts

On iPhone and iPad

Step 1:Open the Messages app on your iPhone.

Step 2:Select achat threadand tap on thecontact nameat the top.

Step 3:Enable theHide Alertstoggle. TapDoneat the top right corner.

Alternatively, you can launch Messages >swipe lefton a thread you want to silence > tap theBell icon. Another method is tolong-tap on a conversationand tapHide Alertsfrom the context menu.

You shall notice a bell with a slash through, indicating you’ve hidden conversation alerts.

Also Read:Best iOS 17 messages and FaceTime features and tips

On Mac

If you have enabled the Hide Alerts option for several contacts on an iPhone or iPad, the system doesn’tsyncthe same on the Mac. You must enable it on your Mac again.

Open theMessagesapp on Mac > select a conversation > click theinfobutton at the top right corner > check the box forHide Alerts.

You can also right-click on aconversationand selectHide Alerts. Once the option is active, you will notice a bell with a slang through. This means that the person’s notifications are muted in Messages.

FAQs

When you hide alerts from someone in the Messages app, it doesn’t silence or block calls. You shall continue to receive calls as usual.

The ability to hide alerts from a conversation is a privacy feature. The Messages app doesn’t notify the person about it.

As mentioned above, Hide Alerts is only part of the Messages app. The person can always reach you (or disturb you) via other apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, or Messenger. If you want to stop alerts from all apps, we recommend turning on Do Not Disturb on your iPhone.

You can turn off Hide Alerts from the same menu.

Also Read:How to clear all notifications on iPhone

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Last updated on 23 April, 2024

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