Why is my husband getting my text messages on his 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 my text messages from going to my husbands phone?

On his phone, go to settings>Messages>Send and receive from. Uncheck your number on his phone.
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How do I stop my texts from showing up on another iPhone?

Control where iMessages appear by going to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive. Uncheck phone numbers and email addresses.
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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 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 my iPhone from sharing other devices?

Turn off Handoff on your devices
  1. iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch: Go to Settings > General > AirPlay & Handoff.
  2. Mac: Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click General, then deselect “Allow Handoff between this Mac and your iCloud devices.”
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Why is someone else getting my text messages on 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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Why does my wife get my text messages on her iPhone?

Because you are both using the same Apple ID for iMessage. 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.
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How do I separate two iphones with the same Apple ID 2021?

Short answer is you can't have both. By sharing an Apple ID, you are the same person using 2 different devices. Your phones are behaving as designed. If you don't want to create a new Apple ID, what you can do on the phones will be limited.
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Why are my iMessages showing up on multiple devices?

If you're getting messages meant to go to another device or person in your family, it might be because your Apple ID is tied to their particular devices. To see which accounts are associated with your Apple ID, go to Settings>iCloud>select your account at the top>Devices. Head to Settings>Messages>Send & Receive.
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How do I unlink iPhones?

Shut down your device so as to make it in offline mode at the very beginning. 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.
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How do I know if my iPhone is linked to another device?

Sign in to appleid.apple.com,* then select Devices. If you don't see your devices right away, click View Details and answer your security questions. Click any device name to view that device's information, such as the device model, serial number, and OS version.
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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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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 separate devices 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. You can follow the same process on your windows PC only that you will be required to tap done to complete the process.
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How do I Unsync two iPhones from the same message?

What is this? Scroll down to the devices connected and tap on the info on the phone you want to remove and tap on the remove button to commence the process. You may be prompted to enter a password to unlink the second iPhone completely.
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How do I unlink my iPhone from my husband's?

Follow these steps:
  1. Go to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive. Tap your Apple ID, then tap Sign Out.
  2. Go to Settings > FaceTime. Tap your Apple ID, then tap Sign Out.
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How can I use the same Apple ID but not share information?

Question: Q: Same Apple ID with two devices privacy.

Answer: A: Answer: A: If you are going to use the same Apple ID on both devices, you cannot avoid sharing the content from one device to the other unless you turn off whatever items you are syncing with iCloud, iCloud Drive, sign out of iMessage, FaceTime, etc.
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Why are my two iPhones linked?

It 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. Note: you can still share the same ID for purchasing in Settings>iTunes & App Stores; or.
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Can an iPhone be linked to another iPhone?

Select Use Other Device. Select the device that you want to control, then select Connect. Now you can use the switch connected to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to control the other device.
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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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What happens if I use the same Apple ID on two devices?

You can use the same Apple ID on two phones, but you should probably do so without mirroring. Mirroring will share all the information between the two phones, even the messages, photos, and call logs. Unless this is your intention, using your Apple ID on a second phone will share your private data.
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How do I stop two Apple devices syncing with each other?

How to Stop an iPad and iPhone from Syncing Handoff
  1. Open the Settings app on your iPad.
  2. Tap General.
  3. Tap the toggle next to Handoff to turn it off.
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Why is my iPhone syncing with another phone?

Helpful answers. This is happening because you are sharing iCloud accounts. When you do this, any synced data such as contacts is merged across devices and the merged list appears on all devices. Also, any action (such as deleting contacts) also happens on all devices sharing the account.
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