HTC One A9 - Block Unwanted Messages; Delete Messages and Conversations; Back up and Restore Your Text Messages

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Block Unwanted Messages
De-clutteryourMessagesscreenbymovingspammessagesfromcontactstotheblockbox.Ifyou
haveblockedacontact,thatcontact’smessageswillalsobeintheblockbox.
1.
Tap > Messages
2. Doanyofthefollowing:
l OntheAllmessagesscreen,touchandholdacontact(orphonenumber)andtapBlock
contact.
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Toblockmultiplecontacts,tap >Block contacts,selectthecontacts,andtapBlock.
Whenthecontactsendsyoumessages,youwillnotseethemintheAllmessagesscreenor
receivenotificationsandcalls.
Toreadmessagesintheblockbox,ontheAllmessagesscreen,tap >Block.
Note:Toremovemessagesorcontactsfromtheblockbox,touchandholdthecontact(orphone
number)andtapUnblock.
Note:Tocompletelydiscardfuturemessagesfromblockedcontacts,cleartheSave block
messageoptionintheMessagessettings.
Delete Messages and Conversations
Tidyupyourmessageslistbydeletingoldmessagesandconversations.
1.
Tap > Messages.
2. OntheAllmessagesscreen,doanyofthefollowing:
l Delete a message.Opentheconversationthreadwithacontact,tapthemessage,and
thentapDelete message.Todeletemultiplemessageswithinaconversation,tap >
Delete messages>Delete by selection,andthenselectthemessagestodelete.
l Delete a conversation.Touchandholdacontact(orphonenumber),andthentapDelete.
Todeletemultipleconversations,ontheMessagesscreen,tap >Delete threads,andthen
selecttheconversationstodelete.
Tip:IntheMessagessettings,tapGeneral>Delete old messagestoautodeleteoldmessages.
Back Up and Restore Your Text Messages
Backupimportanttextmessagestoyourphone’sstorageortoyouremailaccount.