In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
• Block messages
• Unblock messages
• Enable or disable spam protection
Block messages
1. From the home screen, select theÂ

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Messages app.
2. Select the desiredÂ
message thread.Â
3. Select theÂ
Menu icon, then select
Details.Â
4. Select Block & report spam. If desired, select the Report spam checkbox to have the number reported to Google. Select OK to confirm.Â
Unblock messages
To remove a number from the Blocked numbers list, from the Messages app select theÂ
Menu icon >
Spam & blocked. Select and hold the desired
number, then select theÂ

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Delete icon. SelectÂ
Delete to confirm.
Enable or disable spam protection
1. Enabling spam protection helps protect you from spam texts in the Messages app by notifying you if a text is coming from a suspected spammer. From the Messages app, select theÂ

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Menu icon then selectÂ
Settings.

2. SelectÂ
Spam protection, then select theÂ
Enable spam protection switch to enable or disable as desired.Â