Icon at top of messages iphone

Hello Loliver104,

Welcome to Apple Support Communities!

We understand that when you’re using the Messages app on your device, you’re seeing an icon with your friends initials at the top of the screen. We’d be happy to help.

Are you seeing this icon when viewing a conversation between you and your friend? If so, this is expected behavior. The icon that you’re seeing at the top is your friends contact information. You can customize it by adding information and even a photo if you’d like. If you don’t personalize it, it will show as a circle containing a letter or initials of the contact.

Take a look at Send and receive text messages on iPhone to learn more about Messages and to see an example of this.

Have a great day!

When i open up my list of text msgs there is a large icon at that top with the initials of one of my contacts whose text i am not viewing