Stop Unwanted Replies and iMessages being Read While you are away

iMessage offers users many convenient features for sending and replying to messages.  However, one of these features called quick reply, could result in messages being sent that weren’t from the correct sender.  You may be asking what do I mean?  Well take this example, say you are in the rest room and received a message.  One of your “friends” decides to be funny and read the message on your lockscreen from someone the message was not intended for.  However, they decide to take the joke a bit further and reply to the message.  Now the person receiving the reply thinks these are your words.  They could be nothing but a joke in bad taste or they could be very damaging if they wanted to be.  This is the type of unwanted quick reply we are referring to now.

There is a fast and easy way to fix this inside settings.  Just follow the guide below to prevent messages from being replied to from the lockscreen and require the iOS device to be unlocked before replying. 

Follow these simple steps below to disable quick reply on lockscreen for Messages app.

How To Setup iMessage to prevent unwanted iMessage Replies from Lockscreen

Stop people from replying to messages on lockscreen while you are away

1. Open Settings > Touch ID & Passcode.

2. Enter the passcode to open settings page.

3. Once you at Touch ID & Passcode screen scroll down to ‘Allow Access When Locked‘.

4. Under this find ‘Reply with Message‘ and turn off with the toggle

Now you are safe and can feel at ease leaving your phone on the table while you run to the restroom.  This will keep all your messages private and prevent anyone from replying from the lockscreen.

Please share this and leave us a comment below letting us know if you are going to use this with your own personal phone settings.  Did you realize before reading this post the messages could be read from the lockscreen and even worse replied. Be sure to follow ups on Facebook and Twitter for all the latest updates on iOS devices.