Still receiving messages after leaving a group chat?

Before recently quitting my job, I was in a few work group chat.

After I quit, I left the group chats I was in.

I am somehow still getting messages from the group chat and every time I do, I press "Leave Conversation" and yet I still receive the messages they send each other.

I have pressed "Leave Conversation" more times than I can remember and now I am just trying to figure out why I keep getting the messages and if there is anyway to stop getting them.

It's really annoying...

iPhone 7, iOS 12.1, Leave Conversation not working

Posted on Nov 27, 2018 10:21 PM

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Posted on Nov 28, 2018 6:38 AM

So these are obviously iMessage group conversations as they must be if you can leave them. In iMessage group conversations, any party can also add any iMessage address to the conversation at will. Since apparently none of the other parties are adding you back in to these conversations (you would see that right in the conversation; who added you and when), it's possible that there are a lot more different iMessage group conversations (one per combination of addresses), that you are party to, than you realized on a lot of people's devices and you might just need to keep leaving them whack-a-mole-style until, by and by, you're out of all of them. If/when you do see somebody adding you back in, let them know you want to stay out before leaving again.

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Nov 28, 2018 6:38 AM in response to asdfghaylee

So these are obviously iMessage group conversations as they must be if you can leave them. In iMessage group conversations, any party can also add any iMessage address to the conversation at will. Since apparently none of the other parties are adding you back in to these conversations (you would see that right in the conversation; who added you and when), it's possible that there are a lot more different iMessage group conversations (one per combination of addresses), that you are party to, than you realized on a lot of people's devices and you might just need to keep leaving them whack-a-mole-style until, by and by, you're out of all of them. If/when you do see somebody adding you back in, let them know you want to stay out before leaving again.

Nov 28, 2018 3:32 PM in response to asdfghaylee

From Apple Support page

Send a group message on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support



Leave a group conversation

To leave a conversation, tap Details, then tap Leave this Conversation. You can only leave group iMessages that have at least three other people.


It has to be an iMessage, and has to have at least 3 others in the message to be able to leave an iMessage.

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