Looking to brand a group iMessage easier to find and have some fun personalizing it likewise? Read forth for how to add a custom proper name or rename a group iMessage on iPhone and iPad.

There are some handy features that Apple offers with iMessages (blue bubble texts) between yous and other Apple tree users. I of those is the option to create a custom name for group chats in the Messages app.

Proceed in mind if there's fifty-fifty i Android device in a group conversation, you won't be able to name/rename them. Also, direct iMessage chats don't have the choice to be named.

One keen affair is anyone in a grouping iMessage tin rename information technology on iPhone or iPad, so information technology'due south piece of cake to take turns having fun with custom group names.

How to rename group iMessages on iPhone and iPad

  1. Open the Messages app and the group iMessage you'd like to change the name of
  2. Tap the on the round contact icons at the superlative of your screen
  3. Choose Go Info
  4. Tap Enter a Group Proper name or tap on the existing name to rename it
  5. Later on typing in your new group iMessage name, tap Done in the top right corner

All people in the conversation will come across a notification in the iMessage that the group name has been added or inverse.

Here's how these steps look on iPhone:

Afterward tapping on the icons of the people in your grouping iMessage, yous'll get the info push. After selecting that tap the name at the elevation as shown below to rename it or if you're naming it for the first time, information technology will say Enter a Group Name .

How to rename group iMessage chats iPhone iPad walkthrough 1

Anyone in a group iMessage can add a name or rename it, y'all don't have to be the person who started the message. Anytime the group name has been inverse all people in the message run across a timestamped notification in the thread (shown below in the image on the correct).

How to rename group iMessage chats iPhone iPad walkthrough 2

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