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Send Tapbacks in a text using Messages on Mac
Tapbacks give you an easy way to send a quick response to a message, such as a thumbs up or thumbs down.
Note: To send and receive Tapbacks, you and your recipients must be using macOS Sierra 10.12 or later, iOS 10 or later, or iPadOS. If you send a Tapback to a recipient who’s using an earlier version of macOS or iOS, they receive a text label instead of the Tapback icon.
![A description of the most recent Tapback sent in a conversation appears in the list on the left. The thumbs up Tapback appears at the top right of a message, indicating that you liked the message. A set of Tapback choices appears above another message. The choices include a heart, thumbs up, thumbs down, Ha Ha, exclamation points, and a question mark.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5F0661E2094622667A01B547/5F0661FA094622667A01B54F/en_US/a0b9758543248c9f173e16a8a39eb116.png)
In the Messages app
on your Mac, select a conversation.
Do one of the following:
Send a Tapback: Click and hold a message, then choose a Tapback. If your Mac has a Touch Bar, you can also click a message, then tap a Tapback in the Touch Bar.
The Tapback is attached to a specific message in a conversation and everyone who’s part of the conversation can see it.
Remove a Tapback: Click and hold a message, then choose the same Tapback you sent. If your Mac has a Touch Bar, you can also click a message, then tap the same Tapback in the Touch Bar.
The Tapback is removed from the message.
If there’s more than one Tapback for a message, they appear as a stack; click and hold a Tapback to see who sent which Tapback.