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How to use Conversation categories in the Samsung Messages app

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Samsung Galaxy phones use the Samsung Messaging app as the default messaging app, which has many amazing features. Of course, Samsung will continue to provide interesting updates to improve the messaging experience. The conversation category is one of the newly added content. Now, you may want to know what are the characteristics of dialogue categories and how to use them. We will explain the conversation category in the Samsung Messages app, and then you can make it the best conversation category.

This article covers the meaning of conversation categories, how to enable or disable them, and how to create, rename and delete categories. By the end of the article, you will be the winner of the category dealing with conversations on Samsung phones.

let’s start.

WHAT IS MEANT BY CONVERSATION CATEGORIES IN SAMSUNG MESSAGES

Conversation categories provide an easy way to organize text messages in various folders. Traditionally, all messages will appear in the same folder. Using categories, you can categorize messages based on their nature. For example, you might have message categories for bills, bank, home, work, etc. Message categories are displayed as tabs on the main screen of the “Samsung Messaging” application. Tap the category name to switch between them.

You can quickly find relevant messages with the help of categories. However, depending on your use case, there are some restrictions on the conversation category. Basically, you have to manually add messages to their respective folders. Classification is not automatic. You will not be able to enjoy automatic classification. That said, if you want to create custom categories for conversations in the Samsung Messages app, you have a lot to do.

Learn how to create and edit conversation categories in Samsung Messages.

HOW TO ENABLE CONVERSATION CATEGORIES IN SAMSUNG MESSAGES

The conversation categories are turned off by default. You need to enable it in the Samsung Messages app settings.

For that, follow these steps:

Step 1: Launch the Samsung Messages app and tap on the three-dot icon at the top. Select Settings.

Step 2: Turn on the toggle next to the Conversation categories text. If you go to the home screen of the Messages app, you will notice a plus (+) icon at the top. Use it to create new categories as shown below.

HOW TO CREATE CATEGORIES IN SAMSUNG MESSAGES

You can create new categories by two methods.

Method 1: Create Conversation Category From App Home Screen

Step 1: After enabling conversation categories, launch the Samsung Messages app.

Step 2: Tap on Add (+) icon above the list of the messages. After that, type a name for your category on the pop-up screen that shows up. When finished, hit the Done button.

Step 3: You will be asked to select the conversations you want to add to this category. Tap on the conversations to select them and hit the Done button.

The new category will appear on the home screen of the app.

Method 2: Create Conversation Category From Messages App Settings

Step 1: Open the Samsung Messages app and tap on the three-dot icon. Select Settings.

Step 2: Tap on the Conversation categories text present before the toggle.

Step 3: Tap on Add category. Type the category name and tap on Done.

HOW TO ADD OR REMOVE CONVERSATIONS FROM CATEGORIES IN SAMSUNG MESSAGES

There are many ways to categorize chats into different categories. The first method discussed above involves adding conversations to the category while creating a new category. See other methods.

Method 1

Step 1: Open the chat thread that you want to add or remove from a category. Tap on the three-dot icon at the top of the chat. Select Category from the menu.

Step 2: If you want to add the chat to a category, tap on the category name to select it. To remove a category, uncheck the box next to the category name. Tap on Done to save changes.

Method 2

Step 1: Tap on the three-dot icon on the home screen of the Samsung Messages app. Select Settings.

Step 2: Tap on the Conversation categories text. Tap on the category to which you want to add chats.

Step 3: Tap on Add conversation. Select the chats to add to the category. To remove any chat from the category, tap on the selected chat to uncheck it. Finally, tap on Done.

HOW TO REORDER CONVERSATION CATEGORIES ON HOME SCREEN

By default, categories are shown in the Messages app in the order in which they were created. However, you can reorder them to suit your needs.

To change the position of any category, tap on the three-dot icon in the Samsung Messages app. Select Settings.

Tap on the Conversation categories. Tap on the Edit button at the top.

Using the two arrow icon on the right side of the category name, drag the category name to a different position. That will change its position on the home screen as well.

HOW TO RENAME OR DELETE CONVERSATION CATEGORIES

Renaming or deleting existing conversation categories is easy. Especially, if you have made a typo in the category name.

To rename or delete a conversation category in Samsung Messages, follow these steps:

Step 1: Tap on the three-dot icon on the Samsung Messages app’s home screen and select Settings from the menu.

Step 2: Tap on the Conversation categories text followed by the Edit button at the top.

Step 3: Tap on the category that you want to rename or delete. You will get Rename and Delete buttons at the bottom. Tap on Rename to change the name of the category and tap on Delete to completely wipe off the category.

HOW TO DISABLE CONVERSATION CATEGORIES IN SAMSUNG MESSAGES

In case you don’t want to show any of the categories on the home screen of the Samsung Messages app, you can turn off conversation categories. For that, tap on the three-dot icon on the home screen of the Samsung Messages app. Select Settings.

Turn off the toggle next to the Conversation categories text.

When you disable the conversation category, all tabs will disappear from the home screen. However, no messages or existing categories will be deleted. If you decide to re-enable the conversation category, you need to enable the toggle next to the conversation category in the messaging application settings, as described above. Enabling this feature will return to the category you created earlier.

SAMSUNG MESSAGES VS. ANDROID MESSAGES

The Samsung messaging app competes fiercely with messaging apps from Google. If you are a fan of the Android Messages app, it will soon have the same message category as Samsung Messages. When this happens, you can easily transfer the chat from Samsung messages to Android messages.


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