Why am I getting my husbands text messages on my iPhone?

If someone in your family is getting text messages meant for you, or vice-versa, it's probably because those devices are sharing the same Apple ID. This typically happens because, at some point, you all wanted to share content you bought from the iTunes store, including apps, games, music, movies, TV shows, and more.
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How do I stop getting my husbands text messages on my iPhone?

How can I stop my text messages appearing on my husbands iPhone? Stop sharing apple id for imessage/facetime and icoud. On his phone go to settings - message - send and receive - remove or uncheck the apple id. on your iPhone: Settings->Messages->TextMessageForwarding: set to OFF all that you want.
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How do I stop two iPhones from sharing Messages?

Control where iMessages appear by going to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive. Uncheck phone numbers and email addresses.
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Why do I get my husband's text messages on my iPhone?

This happens when you both use the same Apple ID for iMessage. To fix this you have two choices: On one of the phones go to Settings>Messages>Send & Receive, tap the ID, sign out, then sign back in with a different ID.
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How do I stop getting my son's text messages on my iPhone?

Go to Settings>Messages>Text Message Forwarding, then click on the devices listed to add or remove them. The process is similar if you want to stop receiving other people's FaceTime or phone calls. Go to Settings>Phone>Calls on Other Devices.
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How to stop getting someone elses Imessages and Calls. Hint you are using the same Apple ID



How do I separate two iPhones with the same Apple ID?

Tap on view my account and sign into your Apple account. Go to your iTunes and select manage devices. Select the phone you want to separate and tap on remove to confirm the action.
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How do I unlink two iPhones from the same Apple ID?

Go to iCloud.com, and then, go to Find iPhone > All Devices. Browse the list of all your devices and click the one you want to unlink. Click on the Remove from Account button. Type your Apple ID, and then, click the Trust button to skip the verification process.
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Why are my text messages going to someone else's phone?

When you add an Exchange account using ActiveSync on an Android phone, some phones will begin forwarding a copy of every SMS message (e.g., text message) that the phone receives to your email account. This feature will vary from phone to phone. To disable this feature: On the phone, open the Email application.
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How do I separate Apple ID accounts?

To migrate to a separate account she will have to go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account, provide the password for the current account to turn off Find My iPhone when prompted (if she's running iOS 7), choose Keep on My iPhone (to keep a copy of the iCloud data on her phone), then sign back in with a different Apple ...
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Why do I have two separate conversations with the same person in messages iPhone?

Since iMessage can use both phone numbers and email addresses as iMessage IDs, this can cause multiple threads and much confusion. To ensure that a conversation stays in the same thread, you must ensure you are using the same iMessage ID everywhere.
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How do I stop my text messages from showing up on other devices?

Answer: A: Answer: A: Setting->Messages->Text Message Forwarding, and turn off devices you don't want. This will prevent all SMS texts from going onto other devices.
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How do I separate iMessages from shared Apple ID?

If you are using both devices, you can go to Settings>Messages>Send & Receive on each phone and uncheck your Apple ID under "You can receive messages to and reply from...".
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How do I stop getting my wife's text messages on my iPhone?

To prevent this, on one of the phones go to Settings>Messages>Send & Receive, tap the Apple ID, sign out, then sign in with a different Apple ID. Note: you can continue to share an Apple ID for purchasing; it does not need to be the same as the ID you use for iMessage, FaceTime, iCloud and other services.
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Why is my husband receiving my text messages on his phone?

Sounds like he has the email address associated with your apple id set up to receive messages on his device. Go to settings>messages>send & receive and see what email addresses and phone numbers are associated with it.
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How do I separate my iPhone from my husbands?

Tap on Settings > iCloud > Delete Account (only deletes it from this device, not from iCloud; the person keeping the current account will not be affected,) provide the password to turn off Find My Phone and choose to Keep on My iDevice when prompted. Sign in with a different Apple ID to create your new account.
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How do I separate my Apple ID from my husband?

Avoid sharing an Apple ID

Apple recommends that you do not share your Apple ID. Instead, set up Family Sharing so that each person uses their own Apple ID. This way, your family can share purchases, subscriptions, and more without sharing personal information like email, text messages, or passwords.
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Should my wife and I have separate Apple IDs?

Apple recommends you do not share your Apple ID. Instead, set up Family Sharing so each person can use their own Apple ID. This way, your family can still share purchases, subscriptions and more without sharing personal information, such as emails, text messages or passwords.
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How can you tell if your phone is being monitored by someone else?

Here are 10 of the most common signs that someone is spying on your phone:
  • Unfamiliar Applications. ...
  • Your Device is 'Rooted' or 'Jailbroken' ...
  • The Battery Is Draining Fast. ...
  • Your Phone Is Getting Very Hot. ...
  • Unusually High Data Usage. ...
  • Strange Activity In Standby Mode. ...
  • Issues With Shutting Down the Phone. ...
  • Odd SMS Messages.
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Why is my Apple ID connected to someone else?

You might have acquired a used iPhone and the previous owner is still signed into the device through their Apple ID. Or you've let someone else use your iPhone, and they've signed into the Apple App Store with their own Apple ID to download an app, forgetting to sign back out again.
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How do I stop syncing between devices?

Sign out and turn off sync
  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Chrome app .
  2. To the right of the address bar, tap More. Settings.
  3. Tap your name.
  4. Tap Sign out and turn off sync. When you turn off sync and sign out, you'll also be signed out of other Google services, like Gmail.
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How do you Unsync an iPhone?

Tap on the account and select view my account. You can view the list of connected devices under iTunes in the Cloud after selecting manage devices. Choose the iPhone you want to unsync and tap on remove. Click the Done button to complete the process.
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Why am I getting my wife's text messages on my iPhone?

If someone in your family is getting text messages meant for you, or vice-versa, it's probably because those devices are sharing the same Apple ID. This typically happens because, at some point, you all wanted to share content you bought from the iTunes store, including apps, games, music, movies, TV shows, and more.
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Can two iPhones share text messages?

iMessages can be sent between iPhones, iPods, iPads and Macs. iMessage is associated with an Apple ID, so if there are multiple iPhones sharing an Apple ID, there may be messages to multiple devices transmitted from a single text.
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Can two phones receive same text message?

To get setup for mirroring messages, you first need to install FreeForward on both your primary and secondary Android phone. In the app, choose one to be the phone that forwards messages to the other; this is your primary handset number that everyone is familiar with.
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How do I separate iMessage and text message?

To get text messages on your new Android phone, switch from Apple's iMessage to Android's Messages.
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Turn off iMessage
  1. On your iPhone, go to Settings.
  2. Tap Messages.
  3. Set iMessage to Off.
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