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Ninja trick: 'Turn off' incoming text messages
Ninja trick: 'Turn off' incoming text messages

Incoming messages are free, so we do not have a way to turn them off. But here's a way that they won't bother you for a long while.

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Written by Anne Heath
Updated over 6 months ago

Incoming messages are free, so we do not have a 'turn off' option. But here's a way that they won't bother you for a long while.

The idea is to use the Vacation Reply option in our Auto Responder.

When you choose the End Date, use the double arrows on the right-hand side (blue box in image below) to set your year far into the future. At the moment, the end date would be 2035.


​The auto responder settings work per phone number. This enables each phone number to have unique settings if desired.

NOTE: This option costs the standard 1 credit per 160 characters each time it is sent.

REMEMBER: Incoming texts are free; outgoing are not. So we recommend setting your auto response to once a day.


This article has the full walkthrough for using our auto responder:

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