How to filter messages from unknown senders on iOS 16

If you upgrade your iPhone to iOS 16 this week, you should spend some time changing your settings. You should absolutely enable haptic feedback for the keyboard, restore the battery % to your status bar (if you have a compatible iPhone that supports this feature), and spend some time experimenting with your Focus modes and lock screen customizations.

But there’s one feature that’s so important, but so buried, that is it very easy to overlook. It’s called Filter Unknown Senders, and in this article, we’ll teach you how to activate it and make your iPhone texting experience a little bit simpler.

Step 1. Open the settings app on your iPhone.

 

 

Step 2. Scroll through the settings menu and tap on the Messages option. This will open up the settings for iMessage.