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The short way: Swipe away the conversation. Instead of tapping Edit, just
swipe your finger horizontally across the conversation’s name (either direction).
That makes the Delete confirmation button appear immediately.
• From within a conversation’s speech-balloons screen: Tap Clear; tap
Clear Conversation to confirm.
Sending a New Message
If you want to text somebody with whom you’ve texted before, the quickest
way, as noted above, is simply to resume one of the “conversations” that are
already listed in the Text Messages list.
Options to fire off a text message are lurking all over the iPhone. A few
examples:
• In the Text program. From the Home screen, tap Text. The iPhone opens
the complete list of messages that you’ve received. Tap the √ button at
the top-right corner of the screen to open a new text message window,
with the keyboard ready to go.
Address it by tapping the + button, which opens your Contacts list. Tap
the person you want to text.
Your entire Contacts list appears here, even ones with no cellphone numbers. But
you can’t text somebody who doesn’t have a cellphone number.
• In the Contacts, Recents, or Favorites lists. Tap a person’s name in
Contacts, or O next to a listing in Recents or Favorites, to open the Info
screen; tap Text Message. In other words, sending a text message to anyone
whose cellphone number lives in your iPhone is only two taps away.
You can now tap that + button again to add another recipient for this same
message (or tap the .?123 button to type in a phone number). Lather, rinse,
repeat as necessary; they’ll all get the same message.
In any case, the skinny little text message composition screen is waiting for
you now. You’re ready to type and send!
Links that people send you in text messages actually work. For example, if
someone sends you a Web address, tap it with your finger to open it in Safari. If
someone sends a street address, tap it to open it in Google Maps. And if someone
sends a phone number, tap it to dial.
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