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Dave Johnson. If your iPhone messages are green, it means that they're being sent as SMS text messages rather than as iMessages, which appear in blue. You'll always see green when writing to Android users, or when you're not connected to the internet. If all of your iPhone messages are green, you should make sure iMessage is turned on in Settings. Visit Insider's Tech Reference library for more stories. Dave Johnson is a technology journalist who writes about consumer tech and how the industry is transforming the speculative world of science fiction into modern-day real life.

Dave grew up in New Jersey before entering the Air Force to operate satellites, teach space operations, and do space launch planning. He then spent eight years as a content lead on the Windows team at Microsoft. As a photographer, Dave has photographed wolves in their natural environment; he's also a scuba instructor and co-host of several podcasts.

Insider Inc. Additional comments. Email optional. Use Messages on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch Stay connected to the conversations that matter the most. Send a message Open Messages.

Tap the Compose button to start a new message. Or go to an existing conversation. Type your message, then tap the Send button. Reply from the Lock screen From the Lock screen, touch and hold the notification that you want to reply to. Or depending on your device, you might need to swipe left over the notification and tap View.

Tap the Send button. Or follow these steps: Open Messages, then tap Edit or the More button. Tap Edit Pins , then tap the Pin button. Tap Done. Change your name and photo Open Messages and tap Edit in the upper-left corner.

Tap Edit Name and Photo. Edit your name. Or tap the image circle to choose an image, photo, emoji or Memoji. Delete a message or conversation When you delete a message or conversation, you can't get it back. To delete a single message: Touch and hold the message bubble that you want to delete, then tap More. Tap the Trash button , then tap Delete Message. If you want to delete all messages in the thread, tap Delete All in the upper-left corner. Then tap Delete Conversation. To re-enable notifications, swipe left on the conversation and tap "Show Alerts.

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