The Messages app on iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 lets you collaborate with others, share interesting discoveries, play games, and decorate your chats with stickers. Here's what you need to know to start using them.
With the advent of iOS 10, Apple launched Messages-specific apps in 2016. Since then, the Messages App Store has added thousands of apps, including games, stickers, collaboration features, payment apps, and more.
Getting started with Messages-specific apps is easy, this siteis here to teach you how to add, remove, and manage your Messages apps.
How to view existing Messages apps in the app drawer
- Open Messages
- Start a new message or Open an existing conversation
- Swipe left or right on the app drawer
- Tap the app you want to use
Important: The app drawer is a horizontal strip of icons that exists between the message input field and the on-screen keyboard. If you don't see it, tap the app icon next to the text input field and this will change your predictive text to your app drawer.
By default, you will have at least a few applications. You'll have the Messages App Store, Photos, Apple Pay, Memoji, Music, and more. If you click on one of them, you'll be able to use its messaging-specific features.
You may have a few other apps — companion messaging apps for apps you already have installed on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. For example, Duolingo, eBay, and Realtor.com apps all have a companion Messages app that you can use within Messages.
However, you can also add new applications to messages. This will require you to go to the Messages-specific App Store, where you can follow the steps below.

How to download a new app to Messages
- Open Messages
- Start a new message or Open an existing conversation
- Click the App Storeicon in the app drawer
- Search and download the app you want to use (example: Game Pigeon)
After downloading the app, it should automatically be available in your Messages app drawer.
If you want to keep an app on your iPhone but don't need it in the app drawer, you can disable it in just a few steps.

How to enable or disable the app in the Messages app
- Open Messages
- Start a new message or open an existing conversation
- In the app drawer: Scroll right until you see the ... button
- Click the ... button
- to open and close the app
- You can also open and close the app by pressing the and - Icons to favorite and unfavorite apps
- Favoriting an app will move it to the front of the app drawer
If you find that you have some You can also easily delete apps that are no longer needed. Here's how to delete the Messages app.

How to delete messaging-specific apps
- Open Messages
- Start a new message or open an existing conversation
- In the app drawer: Scroll right until you see the ... button
- Click the ... button
- Swipe left on the app and tap Delete
NOTE: You cannot delete some first-party apps, such as Apple Pay, Music, and Message App Store apps.
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