Do you know about what half or crescent moon icons in an SMS message is?
If you notice the half moon icon that appears next on your iPhone text message means that you’ve turned off that specific contactor activated Do Not Disturb for the conversation. Apple places an oblique half moon in order to distinguish conversations taking place in that mode. However, this doesn’t mean that you won’t get messages in the conversation. This is just that you won’t receive notifications.
What are these Different Colors of the Half Moon Signify?
The crescent moon symbol can appear in two shades. It could be gray or blue:
- A blue crescent moon symbol indicates you’re not getting any response from the person who hasn’t yet opened and opened your emails.
- The gray crescent moon icon signifies you have opened their email and has read your messages.
Why do you need to turn on Do Not Disturb?
Are you constantly receiving new notifications? Are you looking for some peaceful silence without endless notifications? You are part of the community who constantly bombards you with messages that explode your inbox?
These are all reasons to turn off your messages. You can simply turn on to enable the Do Not Disturb or Hide Alerts feature.
How do I Enable to use the Half Moon?
For iPhones that have Updates earlier than iOS 11
You can open a message you’d like to muffle and then click the ” i” or Details button in the upper right-hand corner on your iPhone screen. This will bring up to the Details screen. Then, at the bottom, click on down the Do Not Disturb choice or the Hide Alerts opportunity to activate it. When it is turned on, it will appear in green.
For iPhones that have Updates later than iOS 11
Begin the conversation and click at the ” i” enclosed in a circle, or Details in the upper right corner. In some versions, you need to click on the avatar of the contact. Then, slide the slider until you are able to turn on the Hide Alerts.
Swipe Left, then Click the Bell.
Find the conversation that you’d like to muffle on your iPhone and swipe left, without opening the conversation. Press the bell to silence the conversation.
How do I get rid of that Half Moon On iPhone Text Message?
It’s simple to eliminate the half moon in the text messages to your iPhone.
For iPhones running iOS 11 with updates earlier than iOS 11
Choose the conversation with an icon of a crescent moon that you’d like to delete. Then click on icon enclosed in a circle , or click choose the Informationbutton. There will be an choice to do Not disturb or hide Alerts feature which you can switch off.
For iPhones running iOS 11 with updates later than iOS 11
Follow the same steps as in the previous paragraphs. But, you may need you click the avatar of the contact in place of “i” as well as “details”. You’ll see Hide Alerts instead of Do Not Disturb.
Move on the alerts to be hiddenfeature to turn off the alerts. When the slide is colored in gray, that indicates that the alerts remain in effect. If it’s highlighted in green, then you’ve disabled the alerts.
Swipe Left and click the Bell.
Instead of opening the message, just swipe left from the conversation, then tap Display Alerts or the bell icon.
Are There Any Differences Between the Hide and Do Not Disturb?
There is nothing different between the two. They both perform the same task. Do Not Disturb was recently changed in order to the Hide alertin the following iOS updates. The update has made it simpler to enable or deactivate this feature.
Don’t Get Confused By The Moon’s Position On The Status Bar
The half moon symbol that appears on the status bar on your iPhone is also a sign that you’ve turned on Do Not Disturb. This is applicable to all of your iPhone and not only for text message conversations. When you are in this setting, it is unlikely that you won’t be notified of any sort of notification or alert.
