iPhone block/hide incoming SMS

JW
Jake Ward
Cambridge Cognition Limited/Sprint

Hello,

Is it possible to stop SMS messages appearing on the iPhone? We are using activity run control so the messages app is not visible however, notifications still appear.

I've tried adding a notifications configuration but can't find the Messages bundle ID when searching: com.apple.MobileSMS

5 years ago
iOS
ANSWERS
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JSMOD@SOTI
5 years ago

Hi Jake,

Thank you for posting on SOTI Central.

A 'Notifications' configuration should be the solution here (requires Supervision and iOS 9.3 or later); have you tried searching for "Messages" as in the screenshot below:

Notification Settings

From here you can configure the notifications for the app, or disable them entirely.

You can also try adding a Feature Control alongside your other configurations to disable iMessage.

Kind regards,

JW
Jake Ward
5 years ago

Thank you for the reply. I am not currently to find messages in the notifications search. We have an update to Mobicontrol planned though so perhaps it will appear after that.