When you send a text message from your iPhone you can include a number of different things. If it’s an iMessage you can include some fun things like a digital touch message or an animated GIF, while you can send images to both iMessage and text message recipients.
But you might have noticed that your text messages have a subject field, which many of your text message conversation partners may not be using. If you find that you aren’t using the subject field either, then you might be wondering if it’s possible to remove it. Our guide below will show you how to take off the subject on iPhone messages if you don’t need it.
How to Remove the Subject Field When Composing Messages on an iPhone
The steps in this article were performed in iOS 12.1.4. Note that you will still be able to send text messages on your iPhone without the subject field. This setting simply removes the subject field that’s visible when writing a message.
Step 1: Open the Settings app.
Step 2: Scroll down and choose the Messages option.
Step 3: Scroll down and tap the button to the right of Show Subject Field to turn it off.
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Matt Jacobs has been working as an IT consultant for small businesses since receiving his Master’s degree in 2003. While he still does some consulting work, his primary focus now is on creating technology support content for SupportYourTech.com.
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