Plagued by texts from phony job recruiters? Mystified by messages with package shipping details for stuff you never ordered? Tired of those overly friendly texts from randos who are likely trying to get you to divulge personal information? Make those unwanted missives a problem of the past thanks to a new iOS 26 feature in Messages that lets you screen texts from unknown senders.
This new capability works hand in hand with another iOS 26 addition — the ability to screen calls from unknown phone numbers in the Phone app — to restore a little bit of privacy to your iPhone use. Even better, the Messages screening feature is dead simple to set up and manage. Let me show you how.
