how do i turn off imessage for one contact?

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how do i turn off imessage for one contact?

I recently got an iPhone 7, upgraded from my 5c. My husband has turned off iMessages on his phone(I don't know why). At first I was able to send him text messages, SMS, but now I can't. It will only send iMessages. I get a delivered sign under the message but he doesn't receive anything. What is going on? Ive tried almost everything! They only way to text message him is to turn off iMessages on my phone which I don't want to do since I have experience with missing other people's messages that way.

Posted on Apr 8, 2017 6:58 PM

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allierwill Author

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Apr 9, 2017 6:22 AM in response to TMHahn

Figured it out! He did have iMessage on his iPad turned on and all the texts were going to that. We disabled it on his iPad and now messages are getting sent via text to his phone. Thanks for your help!!

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TMHahn

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Apr 8, 2017 7:16 PM in response to allierwill

I do not know of any way to disable iMessage for one contact. I do have a few suggestions, though!

1. On your husband's iPhone, go into Settings > Messages and toggle iMessage ON, then OFF again. The restart his device.

2. In your Contacts App, find his listing. Find where his cellphone number is listed. Make sure the label for the cellphone number says something other than iPhone (Mobile or Home, for example). If you change it, restart your phone.

Let us know if either of these things helped!

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allierwill Author

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Apr 8, 2017 9:22 PM in response to TMHahn

I tried both and it didn't work. What I don't understand is that it was working earlier today. Every message sent from me would go to him as a text because he has iMessage disabled on his phone(sent as a SMS bc it's not able to send as an iMessage). But then for some reason it stopped and now says iMessage was delivered. It's not possible that it was delivered!

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