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Texts and Messages show up on multiple devices

I have mutliple devices on my iTunes accounts. Some have different iTunes accounts and we share them as a family. The probelm we have is that intermittent text messages show up on multiple devices. There is no rhyme or reason as to why. It is not all messages, maybe 1 in 25 contacts that will show up on different devices. We have changed all settings on the "Send & Receive" tab and "Text Message Forwardin" tabs in Message Settings, but we still continue to have text messages on multiple devices even though they are not selected devices. It should be that difficult to ensure the messages only go to the number intended. Any ideas how to resolve this??


Posted on Feb 4, 2021 12:14 PM

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Feb 4, 2021 2:50 PM in response to LD150

Thanks for the feedback, but that's not it either. IMessage is off, it appears to happen most frequently when you add a new contact to the phone, it typically does not happen with existing contacts. Apple needs to figure out how to have all features linked to the device, not the iTunes account.

Texts and Messages show up on multiple devices

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