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    Table of Contents

    Messages User Guide

    • Welcome
    • What’s new
      • Set up Messages on Mac
      • Get SMS, MMS, and RCS texts from iPhone
      • Share your name and photo
      • Send messages
      • Messages for Business
      • Collaborate using Messages
      • Send later
      • Unsend or edit a message
      • Forward a message or attachment
      • Send an inline reply
      • Mention a person
      • React with Tapbacks
      • Turn read receipts on or off
      • Send stickers
      • Send and save GIFs
      • Send photos and videos
      • Send an audio message
      • Add full-screen and bubble effects
      • Format and animate text
      • Share your location
      • Make calls
      • Keep track of your shared content
      • View photos, videos, and audio
      • View animation
      • View a Check In notification
      • Request or view someone’s location
      • Translate text in a conversation
      • Watch, listen, or play together using SharePlay
      • Share screens
      • Search for a conversation
      • Pin a conversation
      • Poll people in a conversation
      • Catch up on messages you missed
      • Mark a conversation as unread
      • Manage a group conversation
      • Delete messages and conversations
      • Recover deleted messages
      • Create a reminder from a conversation
      • Respond to Screen Time requests for more time
      • Print or create a PDF of a conversation
      • Change settings