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Have a contact to receive SMS instead of iMessage?

Is it possible to set a contact to only receive SMS instead of iMessage? If the both of you have iPhones..

Posted on Jun 21, 2020 4:09 PM

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Posted on Jun 21, 2020 5:24 PM

Have you tried signing out of Messages on both phones?

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Jun 21, 2020 5:24 PM in response to chandra37

Have you tried signing out of Messages on both phones?

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