Send and Manage Messages
Applicable system: EMUI 12.0
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Send and Manage Messages

You can send and receive messages that include text, emojis, pictures, audio files, and more. You can also manage your messages in the message list.

Send Messages

  1. Open Messaging and touch .

  2. On the New message screen, enter your message content. Touch to add other types of content such as pictures and audio files.

  3. In the recipient box, touch , select contacts or contact groups, then touch .

    To send a group message to those not included in your contacts list, touch anywhere blank in the recipient box and enter the recipients' phone number. Touch the return key in the keyboard when you finish entering each of the phone numbers.

  4. After finishing editing, touch to send the message.

Save a Draft Message

From the New message screen, touch (depending on your device model) or go back to the previous screen while editing a message to save a draft.

Cancel Sending a Message

On the Messaging screen, go to > Settings > Advanced, and enable Recall messages.

Within six seconds after a message is sent, you can double-tap the message to cancel sending it.

View and Reply to Messages

  1. On the Messaging screen, select a contact to view your conversations.

  2. To reply to a message, enter your message content in the text box, then touch .

Notifications for new messages will be displayed as banners in the notification panel, and you can touch them to reply to messages.

Mark Messages as Read

You can use any of the following methods to mark messages as read:

  • New messages will be displayed in the notification panel in the form of a banner and you can mark them as read there.

  • On the Messaging screen, swipe left on the message that you want to mark as read, then touch .

  • On the Messaging screen, go to > Mark all as read.

Favourite Important Messages

You can favourite an important message for future use.

Touch and hold a message, select messages to be favourited in a message thread, and go to More > Favourite.

To view the messages you have favourited, open Messaging and go to > Favourites.

Delete a Message

You can delete messages using either of the following methods:

  • On the Messaging screen, swipe left the message to be deleted, then touch .

  • Touch and hold a message, select multiple messages you wish to delete, then touch . Deleted messages cannot be recovered.

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