iPhone: Send group message with private replies

How can I send on an iPhone a message (not an email) to a group and only allow individual responses to come back to me only (not the entire group)? It would be similar to a bcc on an email.

iPhone 15, iOS 26

Posted on Jan 12, 2026 7:42 AM

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Posted on Jan 12, 2026 8:02 AM

That is not possible with text messages. If you do not want the whole group to see responses, you either have to send individual text messages to each person, or in your text message, ask people to respond to you directly rather than to the group. But of course, there's no guarantee with that.

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