How to Leave a Group Text on Samsung Galaxy

Last Updated: October 25, 2022 Tested

Android and Samsung Galaxy phones don't allow you to 'leave' a group text.^{[1]
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Research source} When a sender sends a text message to a group of people, all recipients receive it as a group message. However, you can mute and delete a conversation. If worse comes to worst, you can block users from sending text messages. This wikiHow teaches you how to mute and delete a group text message as well as how to block senders on Samsung Galaxy.

Things You Should Know

You won't be able to leave a group text on Android and Samsung Galaxy.
Instead, you can mute and delete the conversation.
If you do not want to receive group messages, you can block certain users.

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:

Hiding and Deleting a Group Text

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Open your Samsung Galaxy's Messages App. It has an icon that resembles a speech bubble. Tap the icon on your Home screen or Apps menu.
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Tap and hold the group conversation you want to leave. This displays a pop-up at the bottom of the screen.

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Tap Notifications
. It's the first option in the menu at the bottom of the screen. It has an icon that resembles a bell with a line through it. This disables notifications so that you are no longer alerted when you receive messages from this group.
- Alternatively, you can open the group conversation, tap the icon with three vertical dots in the upper-right corner (⋮). Then tap the bell icon in the lower-right corner of the menu.^{[2]
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Tap and hold the conversation again. This displays the same pop-up at the bottom of the screen again.
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Tap Delete. It's the second button at the bottom of the screen. It has an icon that resembles a trashcan.
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Tap Delete. This confirms that you want to delete the conversation and deletes it.

Method 2

Method 2 of 2:

Blocking a Group Text Number

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Open your Samsung Galaxy's Messages App. It has an icon that resembles a speech bubble. Tap the icon on your Home screen or Apps menu.
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Tap a group conversation you want to leave. This displays a popup at the bottom of the screen.
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Tap a user that is constantly sending messages. This displays the information page for that sender. If a sender is persistently sending group text messages that you don't want, you can block that number. This will block all messages from that sender. Make sure it's a sender that you don't need to hear from.
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Tap Block
. It's the third button at the bottom of the screen. It has an icon that resembles a circle with a slash through it.
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Tap Block. This confirms that you want to block the number and blocks it. You will not receive any more text messages from that sender.
- If there is more than one sender in a group text that is constantly sending you text messages, you can block multiple users.