How to Find & Unhide a GroupMe Message on an iPhone or iPad

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Did you hide a GroupMe chat or message and want to get it back? Don't worry—it's not gone forever! When you're using GroupMe on your iPhone or iPad, it's super easy to unhide GroupMe messages, as well as restore entire hidden conversations. This wikiHow article will teach you how to restore hidden GroupMe messages to conversations, and how to restore hidden chats to your Chats list.

Things You Should Know

  • Unhide a message by opening a chat, going to the group settings, and selecting ‘Unhide hidden messages.’
  • Unhide an entire chat by opening the More menu, tapping ‘Archive,’ and unhiding the chats you want to restore.
Method 1
Method 1 of 2:

Unhide a Message

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    It’s a blue chat bubble icon with a smiling hashtag inside. You'll find it on your Home screen or in your App Library.
    • If GroupMe doesn't open your chat list automatically, tap Chat to open the list now.
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    This opens the chat.
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    You'll see it at the top of the chat.
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    You'll see this on the menu (iPhone) or on the right side of the chat (iPad).
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    This restores all hidden messages to the chat.
    • Another way to show hidden messages it to log out of GroupMe and then log back in.
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    You'll find this filing box icon near the top of the menu.
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    If the Archive doesn't open to this tab automatically, tap Hidden Chats to view your hidden conversations now.
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    A confirmation message will appear.
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    This restores the conversation to your Chat list.
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      References

      1. ↑ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/how-do-i-delete-or-hide-individual-messages-in-groupme-80558c11-1cb0-4c9d-a8b0-62033d4adcb5
      2. ↑ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/how-do-i-delete-or-hide-entire-chats-in-groupme-f3d561fc-e1cc-45b9-acfc-8269e6ccc504#ID0EBD=iOS

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      1. Open GroupMe .
      2. Tap the group.
      3. Tap the group’s name.
      4. Tap Settings .
      5. Tap Unhide Hidden Messages .

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