Get quick access to important conversations in your iPhone’s Messages app

SMS is very convenient, but if you often have countless text messages and dozens of group chats with countless people, it can be difficult to find specific conversations when needed.

The Apple built-in Message app on iOS allows you to pin the most important chats to the top of the app, allowing you to quickly access them no matter the time you last sent a message. This is an easy-to-use feature, but also easily overlooked, and there are three ways to do the job.

How to Fix the Dialogue in the "Information" app on iOS

The easiest way to pin a conversation on iOS 14 or later is to open the Info app, find the chat you want to save (but don't open it), and then swipe it from left to right to show the yellow pin button. Swipe the screen all the way to the right to activate it, or click on it if you stop swiping halfway through.

You can also pin the conversation by long pressing and pressing the conversation in the main chat list and selecting Fixing from the menu that appears.

The third option is most useful if you want to pin multiple conversations at once. On the main Information screen, click in the upper left corner to edit , and then click to edit fixed item . The yellow pushpin icons will appear next to each conversation, and you can click on them to place the chat at the top of the list – up to nine can be saved.

How to cancel a pinned message conversation on iPhone

Cannot swipe quickly to cancel the pinned chat, so if you want to delete the conversation from the starting list, you have to select one of the two options.

The fastest way to use it here is to start with the Edit button in the upper left corner of the main "Information" screen. Click on it and in addition to the yellow pushpin icon next to the unfixed conversation, you will also see the minus icon next to the already fixed conversation. Click the minus sign icon to cancel the fixed chat. Again, this is most useful for batch editing, as you can add and remove pinned discussions as you like.

Another option is to long press and hold the fixed chat and select to unpin . You can only edit one conversation at a time in this way, and you won't be able to replace unpinned conversations with new conversations right away. Note: Your brain may trick you into thinking that the bright red Delete button is what you want - it is not. Of course, this permanently deletes the entire conversation.

How to edit fixed information dialogue

In addition to pinning and unpinning conversations, you can also edit the order of fixed chats. To do this, go back to the Edit button, select Edit fixed items , and you can hold and drag the fixed chats to arrange them in the order you like.

You can also rearrange them by long pressing any fixed chats from the home screen. This will display the fixed options menu and display a preview of the chat. Ignore all of this and drag on the screen with your fingers. Everything else will disappear and you can drag and drop the conversation where you want it. This isn't the most convenient way, but hey, you can do that.

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