Block Unwanted Messages; Delete Messages And Conversations - HTC Desire 816 User Manual

1. Touch >
2. On the Messages screen, touch a contact (or phone number) to display the exchange of
messages with that contact.
3. Touch the message (not a link or a phone number) that you want to lock, and then touch
Lock message. A lock icon

Block Unwanted Messages

Declutter your Messages screen by moving spam messages from contacts to the block box. If
you have blocked a contact, that contact's messages will also be in the block box.
1. Touch >
2. Do any of the following:

On the Messages screen, touch and hold a contact (or phone number) and touch
Block contact.

To block multiple contacts, touch > Block contacts, select the contacts, and touch
Move.
When the contact sends you messages, you will not see them in the Messages screen or
receive notifications and calls.
To read messages in the block box, on the Messages screen, touch
Note: To remove messages or contacts from the block box, touch and hold the contact (or
phone number) and touch Unblock.
Note: To completely discard future messages from blocked contacts, clear the Save block
message option in the Messages settings.

Delete Messages and Conversations

Tidy up your messages list by deleting old messages and conversations.
1. Touch >
2. On the Messages screen, do any of the following:

Delete a message. Open the conversation thread with a contact, touch the
message, and then touch Delete message. To delete multiple messages within a
conversation, touch > Delete messages > Delete by selection, and then select
the messages to delete.
Accounts and Messaging
Messages.
is displayed at the lower right of the message.
Messages.
Messages.
> Block.
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