How To Delete A Group Chat On Iphone 8

How do you delete a group chat on iphone 8?

Say goodbye to group texts with our step-by-step directions.

Anyone who's gotten stuck in an unwanted group text knows how terrible it can be. Your phone blows up uncontrollably, and all you can do is hope the thread quiets down soon.

For the longest time, the only way to leave a group text was to block your friends, or flat-out tell them to stop texting you. Luckily, Apple's latest mobile operating system update, iOS 8, fixed the problem. If each recipient is running iOS 8 and has iMessage turned on, you can leave the group text on your own.

Below, we walk through how to (finally) opt out of a group text on your iOS device.

1. Download iOS 8.

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To take advantage of this feature, you'll have to download iOS 8. Go to Settings > General > Software Update on your iOS device, and follow the directions.

If your phone already has iOS 8, you can skip this step.

2. Open the group text you want to leave.

Tap on the thread you'd like to exit.

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3. Tap 'Details.'

Tap "Details" in the top-right corner of the screen.

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3. Select 'Leave this Conversation.'

Tap "Leave this Conversation" at the bottom of the screen.

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In the "Details" section, you can quit the thread by choosing "Leave this Conversation" in red. If that option is grayed-out (as seen above), it means someone in the group text does not have iMessage on or is running an older version of iOS. If that's the case, you won't be able to leave the conversation.

Here, you can also add and remove individual people from the conversation by swiping their names and tapping "Delete," or mute notifications by enabling "Do Not Disturb."

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Apps Putting iOS 8 to Good Use

1Password

The "holy grail" of password managers that 1Password maker AgileBits teased earlier this year has arrived. The app's iOS 8 version touts an extension that allows users to fill in login credentials directly from Safari as well as some third-party apps. 1Password also takes advantage of Apple's Touch ID so users can unlock their password vault with a single tap.
The updated app is completely free with some premium features available for in-app purchase; existing users who paid for the previous version automatically get these when they update.

Box's extension allows you to easily share content between the app and other productivity apps like iWork's suite of apps. For example, you can start in the Box app, choose a document, open it in a text editing app, and make all the changes you wish. The same goes for photos and other file types and all changes can be synced within Box.

Evernote

Evernote wasted no time in taking advantage of iOS 8. Its latest app has an extension that can be enabled in Safari for saving photos, documents and web pages as notes. It also comes with a widget that allows users to quickly create notes from within the notification center. Additionally, premium users can use Apple's Touch ID on password protected accounts.

Pocket

One of the original "read it later" apps, Pocket now has a Safari extension so iOS users no longer have to rely on the cumbersome bookmarklet to send articles to their accounts. And when you're using Pocket itself, you can share what you're reading to other apps like Twitter or Evernote with one touch. The app also takes advantage of iOS' handoff features so you can easily switch between iOS devices (and eventually OS X) without losing your place.

Instapaper

Similarly, Instapaper has gotten its own extension in iOS 8 that allows users to save content to their account s from within any app. The new app also has a 'Today' extension that displays a list of everything you've saved that day within the notification center on your device.

Mint.com's personal finance app got an extra layer of security in its iOS 8 update with support for Apple Touch ID. The app already used 128-bit encryption but users no whale the additional option of using Touch ID in place of a passcode.

OmniFocus 2

The productivity app that combines to-do lists with daily task management has two new extensions in iOS. OmniFocus 2 now has a widget in the today section of the notification center in iOS that highlights daily tasks and to-dos as well as a sharing extension that enables users to share content from the web and other apps with OmniFocus.

Pinterest is putting extensions to smart use for the benefit of power-pinners everywhere. Anyone who has the Pinterest app can enable the extension in Chrome or Safari by adding Pinterest in the "more" menu. This allows you to pin anything while browsing, whether it be a photo, article, recipe or video.

Yahoo Weather

Yahoo Weather just gave us even more reason to open it every morning. The iOS 8-ready app now includes an animated widget for the "today" view in iOS' notification center. The main app features the same animations, which uses images of your location from Flickr's photo library as well was weather-specific illustrations like rain, snow or fog.

LastPass

LastPass has gotten a major update complete with its own Safari extension and Touch ID functionality. Third party apps can also integrate the extension into their own apps for more streamlined logins. The app is free but certain features, including Touch ID, the Safari extension and offline access, are only available to the app's premium users.