Messages Support

Use your phone number with iMessage

You can use your phone number to send and receive iMessages on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

If you can’t turn on or sign in to iMessage or FaceTime

If you see an error message during activation, follow these steps.

If you can’t send or receive messages on your iPhone or iPad

Learn what to do if you can’t receive text messages, or you see an alert when you send a message.

If your iPhone messages are green

Learn why your messages appear in green bubbles instead of blue bubbles.

Recover deleted messages

Recover individual messages or full conversations that you deleted in the Messages app.

Reply to specific messages

Reply directly to a specific message and use mentions to call attention to certain messages and people.

Search text messages on your iPhone

Search for specific things across conversations and within images. 

Add or remove people in group messages

Learn how to add and remove people in group text messages on your iPhone or iPad.

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