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How do I keep texts from appearing on both my iPhone and iPad?

I now receive all text messages on both my iPhone and iPad. I only want to receive them on my iPhone.

iPhone SE, iOS 16

Posted on Aug 16, 2023 9:17 AM

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IdrisSeabright

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Posted on Aug 16, 2023 9:33 AM

Do you mean SMS messages (green) or iMessages (blue) or both? If you mean iMessages or both, go to Settings>Messages and sign out of iMessages. This will prevent you from getting iMessages and any SMS texts forwarded from your iPhone.

If you still want to get iMessages but not SMS messages on your iPad, on your iPhone, go to Settings>Messages>Text Message Forwarding and remove your iPad.

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