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Tired of scrolling for ages to find someone you text all the time? In the iPhone Messages app you can pin your favourite conversations to the top of your inbox, so the people you message most are always one tap away. I’ll show you how to pin individual and group chats, rearrange up to nine pinned conversations, and unpin any you no longer need.
Transcript
Hi, I’m Jacob, and I’m going to show you a quick way to pin your favourite contacts to the top of the Messages app, making it super easy to start a new conversation by tapping on their face.
Before I turn this on, I would be scrolling for ages in Messages trying to find a person I wanted to reply to, even though they’re a family member that I text all the time.
Well, what we can do instead is to long-press on one of the messages in the inbox of Messages, and then tap onto Pin on that little menu that comes up. Now, you’re going to see the icon appear at the top of the screen in a nice big circle. And this works for individual chats and group chats too, it all works the same.
You can have up to nine conversations pinned at the top, and you can drag and drop to rearrange them or unpin them as well. And then to start a new chat with that person, just tap on their face, and you’re good to go.
Before you do that, though, if you want some more little features to make your iPhone better than ever, please do subscribe and then check out this video next.
About Messages
The Messages app is Apple's messaging platform that enables users to send and receive text messages, photos, videos, and other multimedia content. It supports both iMessage for Apple devices and SMS/MMS for other devices, offering features like group chats, Memoji, and end-to-end encryption for secure communication.
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This QuickTip video was recorded on an iPhone 17 Pro Max
running iOS 27.
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Finally, please note that whilst every effort has been made to ensure the information contained within this video was correct at time of publication, please be aware that as future updates and software changes occur some or all elements of this video may become outdated. I will endeavour to remove videos which are completely obsolete so as not to cause confusion!
iPhone, iPad and iPadOS are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries and regions. iOS is a registered trademark of Cisco Systems Inc. Whilst I have done my best to list all applicable trademarks for this video, in the (hopefully unlikely) event that I have missed any you can find a full list of trademarks registered to Apple Inc. here.
Finally, please note that whilst every effort has been made to ensure the information contained within this video was correct at time of publication, please be aware that as future updates and software changes occur some or all elements of this video may become outdated. I will endeavour to remove videos which are completely obsolete so as not to cause confusion!
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