--- title: Apple WWDC: iOS 8 Removes Users from Annoying Group Texts description: RIP irrelevant group text conversations. We won't miss you canonical: https://time.com/2811070/apple-wwdc-group-text-ios8/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-02T19:42:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:10:15.163Z og:title: You Can Now Escape Annoying Group Texts Sent to Your iPhone og:description: Hallelujah! og:url: https://time.com/2811070/apple-wwdc-group-text-ios8/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb5c435ea1fd6b754/698695e3e8524b5ff9603472/1802013151.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: DOUNIAMAG-US-IT-INTERNET-APPLE-ITUNES RADIO og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: You Can Now Escape Annoying Group Texts Sent to Your iPhone twitter:description: Hallelujah! twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb5c435ea1fd6b754/698695e3e8524b5ff9603472/1802013151.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hallelujah—You Can Now Escape Annoying Group Texts Sent to Your iPhone by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jun 2, 2014 7:42 PM UTC  Apple CEO Tim Cook rteaches for iPhone as he speaks at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco on June 10, 2013\. Apple unveiled its hotly anticipated iTunes Radio Service, as the iconic maker of the iPhone moved to challenge streaming music operators like Pandora and Spotify. AFP PHOTO/Josh Edelson (Photo credit should read Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images) Apple CEO Tim Cook rteaches for iPhone as he speaks at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco on June 10, 2013\. Apple unveiled its hotly anticipated iTunes Radio Service, as the iconic maker of the iPhone moved to challenge streaming music operators like Pandora and Spotify. AFP PHOTO/Josh Edelson (Photo credit should read Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images)AFP/Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jun 2, 2014 7:42 PM UTC You can now officially say goodbye to the inevitable feeling of dread that overtakes your body upon realizing you’ve non-consensually been added on to an irrelevant group text conversation. Lot’s of stuff happened [Monday at Apple’s WWDC.](http://time.com/2811192/apple-ios8-iphone-ipad/) But one of the developer conference’s most exciting moments wasn’t har-harring with the Twitterverse when exec Craig Federighi showed off OS X Yosemite’s phone features by screening a call from his Mom and [opting to dial Dr. Dre instead](https://sg.news.yahoo.com/video/apples-craig-federighi-calls-dr-183011949.html). It was when Apple announced that in iOS 8, users can finally unsubscribe from the endless pings of group chats. Because as happy as you are to know that your four closest friends and three randos with unfamiliar area codes are getting drinks Friday, you’re out of town and really don’t want to be a part of the painstaking pro-cons of West Village versus Williamsburg. Up until now, there was no opt-out policy of group iMessages, the chain email of our era. There’s now a safe exit from a group text with a new do not disturb feature, which will silence the thread. If you aren’t one for subtlety, you can also just leave. More messaging news: You can now remove yourself from a group text on iOS 8\. [pic.twitter.com/t7DlrXXsnq](http://t.co/t7DlrXXsnq) — Cashay (@Cashay) [June 2, 2014](https://twitter.com/Cashay/status/473524735188697088?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) Sure, this might not be the most innovative thing at WWDC—your phone can now act as a remote control for your entire house with [HomeKit and track your medical stats with HealthKit](http://time.com/2811192/apple-ios8-iphone-ipad/)—but this development might save some phones from getting thrown out windows at times of complete annoyance. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2811070/apple-wwdc-group-text-ios8/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2811070/apple-wwdc-group-text-ios8/"},"headline":"Hallelujah—You Can Now Escape Annoying Group Texts Sent to Your iPhone","datePublished":"2014-06-02T19:42:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:15.163Z","description":"RIP irrelevant group text conversations. 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