Stop texts from appearing on two iPhones

How do I stop texts coming to both of my phones? One is work and one personal. Both are 13s.

iPhone 13, iOS 18

Posted on Dec 2, 2025 4:52 AM

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Dec 2, 2025 9:39 AM in response to dillian273

Here’s a solution that might work, if you have enough space on your iPhones. This will stop future messages from syncing.


Try turning off Messages in iCloud on the devices if possible.

  1. Open Settings
  2. Tap Apple Account (your name)
  3. Tap iCloud
  4. Tap Messages
  5. Turn off Use on this [device type].


This should work to stop them from syncing.


You can check if it worked:

  1. Open Settings
  2. Tap Apps
  3. Tap Messages
  4. In Text Message Forwarding, it should say that it’s off for the devices.


Hope this helps.

Stop texts from appearing on two iPhones

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