When Apple publishes iOS 26 on September 15, the update included a call screening feature to help block spam calls on your iPhone and can screen the text to keep your inbox spam free. The messages with iOS 26 can hide the notifications and filter the messages of unknown sender and spam text so they don’t get your inbox stuck.
When these features are enabled, those messages will be filtered in their own folder in messages without changing you. When these messages are done in their respective folders, you can see them at your own pace to ensure that you have not missed anything important, or you can delete them without a second thought.
Here is how to enable new text screening features on your iPhone with a few simple steps.
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How to block spam and messages from unknown sender
This feature was automatically enabled for me when I updated on iOS 26, but here is how spam text and messages are filtered from your device.
1 Open settings.
2 Tap AppraiserThe
3 Tap MessageThe
Under the unknown sector, you will see the toggles to enable Screene And Filter spam.
You don’t need to filter your text message to filter the spam and messages of unknown sender.
Capable Screene Any message from unknown numbers can filter. Thus, it can filter a message from a family member who has just got a new phone number, or a message to ask reactions to services. For example, my wife and I requested for a City service and after the service ended, the city sent me a message to me asking me. However since the message came from an unknown sender, it was filtered from my inbox.
According to AppleIf you are able to Filter spamYour device’s on-division detection filters will also hide spam from your inbox. As the spam sends it to their own folder, my iPhone has identified a few scammy-chews messages. Messages to the spam folder automatically after 90 days.
The tax department message looks serious. I hope I’m not in trouble.
My device also said that the messages of unknown sender can also be marked as spam and can be transmitted to your spam folder. If the non-spam message goes back, it is a good idea to check the folders from time to time, but I never had this problem.
Where do you find spam and unknown sender folders
Once your iPhone filters the unknown sender and spam messages you can find them in messages. To view these messages, go to messages and tap the pyramid icon turned upside down at the top right corner of the screen. This will open a new menu that shows you different folders for each filter, including unknown sender, transaction and spam. Tap on any of these to see filtered messages.
New filters in messages are a great way to keep your inbox clean and spam free.
If a message is filtered in spam it isn’t that, you can give long-pressed in the message and see an option Remove from spamThe And if you want to transfer a message to your main mailbox from unknown sender, tap in the message and then tap Identified as known as Near the bottom of the chat. Then your iPhone will ask you to add the sender to your contacts.
Although these filters are pretty good. I don’t need to remove messages from spam or unknown sender once, so you don’t even need it.
For more information on iOS 26, here My review about OSHow to reduce liquid glass effects on updates and how to enable call screening on your iPhone. You can check out us IOS 26 Cheat SheetThe
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