How To Block Text Messages on the OnePlus 6

Nik Read more August 1, 2018

In this modern day and age, it became quite normal to place ads and try to sell virtually anything. Have you been getting lots of spam text messages in your inbox lately? Some are trying to sell you something, while others simply overload you with spam and annoying info.

How To Block Text Messages on the OnePlus 6

Well, the good news is that you can block text messages selectively. There are different ways of doing so, so let us show you how to do it.

Blocking via Phone

The fastest and the easiest way of blocking text messages is by using the options that are already in your phone.

Step 1

When you’re on the Start screen, just pull the arrow upwards, so that you can see all the installed apps in your phone. Once you’re there, simply choose “Messages”.

Step 2

After tapping it, you’ll be greeted by your text message inbox. Once you select the unwanted message, you will see the menu icon: three vertical dots at the top right corner of your screen.

Step 3

When you tap the icon you will have a few options to choose from. Tap the one that says “People & options”. By clicking on this one you will get an option to block the particular contact who sent you the unwanted message.

After this, the contact will be included on the list of blocked contacts and the phone will not display any messages from that number.

Blocking via an App

If this simply isn’t good enough for you, there is another option as well. There are a large number of free apps available on the Google Play Store designed for blocking unwanted text messages. One of the most popular and most commonly used is called SMS blocker, call blocker.

An app like this will provide you with a lot more options than your phone’s built-in feature. Sure, with this app you have the option of creating a list of blocked contacts, just like on your phone, but you also have the option of choosing numbers for automatically deleting incoming text messages.

The same goes for private and unknown numbers that are not in your contacts. Another convenient feature that can save you from all the spam messages is the one which you can specify the starting digits of phone numbers to block, so they can’t bother you anymore.

Conclusion

As you can see, for every problem concerning your smartphone, there are numerous solutions. Even though spam and telemarketing text messages or simply ones coming from people you don’t know or you don’t want to communicate with are really annoying, they can be blocked by using only your phone. If that’s not good enough for you, an app will take care of all your text message related issues.