How to add name to text message

• To make a group chat on iPhone, add multiple recipients to the address line of a new message.
• Once a group chat is created, you can add members or edit the name.
• There's three types of group messages: group iMessage, group MMS, and group SMS.

Group chats can be a useful tool in both your professional and personal life. Whether you're planning a happy hour, surprise baby shower, or you want to text hilarious memes to your besties, a group chat is a great way to relay information to multiple people at once. 

Depending on the settings and types of phones people have, group chats will look different and have different capabilities. And if a group chat is getting to be too much, you can silence notifications or leave a group chat entirely. Here's how to do it all on an iPhone. 

How to make a group chat on iPhone 

Make sure you have both iMessage and MMS turned on in Settings > Messages. 

1. Open the Messages app on your iPhone. It looks like a white chat bubble inside a green box.

2. Tap the Compose button in the top-right corner of the screen.

3. Begin entering the names of the people you want to include in the group chat in the To: section. You can also tap the plus + button to select people from your contacts.

4. Type out your message, then tap the Send icon. It looks like an arrow pointing up.

How to add members to a group chat

New roommate? Coworker? Add them to your group chat with just a few steps. However, this only works on iMessage group chats, if everyone in the group has an iPhone.

1. Open the Messages app and navigate to the group chat you want to add someone to. Tap the names at the top of the group chat.

2. Tap the arrow next to the names of the people in the group chat to open a drop-down menu. Then, tap Add Contact. 

4. Type in the name of the person you want to add, then tap Done.

How to silence notifications from a group chat

1. Open the Messages app and navigate to the group chat you want to silence notifications for. Tap the names at the top of the group chat.

2. Scroll down to Hide Alerts, then tap the toggle on the right to silence notifications. It will turn green when on.

How to leave a group chat

1. Open the Messages app and navigate to the group chat you want to leave. Tap the names at the top of the group chat.

2. Tap Leave this Conversation. Then, tap Leave this Conversation again in the pop-up to confirm your choice.

Abigail Abesamis Demarest is a contributing writer for Insider based in New York. She loves a good glazed donut and nerdy deep dives into the science of food and how it's made. 

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Oops! Did you forget to add that person to your group text so they can stay up-to-date? Luckily, you can easily add people to your existing group texts on iPhone or iPad, but it's a little tricker on Android. Since SMS technology doesn't allow you to add someone to a group text after it's been created, you'll either need to start the group text over or use a workaround called Chats. This wikiHow article walks you step-by-step so you learn how to add someone to a group text on iPhone/iPad and Android.

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   Open iMessage and go to the group chat that you want to add someone to. As long as the person you want to add is also using an iPhone or iPad, you'll be able to add them to the iMessage group chat.

   • If the person you want to add is using Android, you'll have to create a new group text with SMS.

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   Tap name, profile picture, or member icons at the top of the screen. This will open the group's details.

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   Tap Add Contact. It's at the bottom of the page.

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   Enter their name or phone number. If they are in your Contacts, their information may auto-fill as you're typing their name.

   • You can also enter their Apple ID if you don't know the other information.

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   Tap Done. You'll see this in the upper right corner of your screen.[1]

   • That person, as long as they have an iPhone or iPad, will have access to your group text message.
   • If you have a lot of groups, it might be easier to give them nicknames so you can quickly identify them.

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   Open the Chats app or Gmail. The Chats mobile app looks like two green chat bubbles, but you can also launch Gmail and tap the Chat tab if you have it enabled.

   • You can enable Chat in Gmail by tapping ☰ > Settings then tapping the account you want to chat with (if you have more than one Google account), and finally tapping the box next to "Chat."
   • If you've already created a group text in your regular Messages app, it's not possible to add someone to the group later—you'll need to just create another group message if you want to keep your group chat in the Messages app.
   • An alternative is to use an internet-based messaging service like Google Chats or WhatsApp, which lets you add people to group chats at any time.

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   Navigate to the Chat that you want to add someone to and tap the group name. The group name is at the top of your screen.

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   Tap Invite people. This will only work if you started the group originally. If you joined the group, you'll see the option to start a new chat with the same people in the group and have the ability to add more.

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   Enter the name or phone number of who you want to invite. You can also tap their Contact under Frequent.

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   Tap Done. This is in the upper right corner of your screen and will add that person to your group text.[2]

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