What is the recent GREY box on my iPhone?

It means you received a call from that number, or if you have multiple numbers associated with that contact, that number was the most recent one used in attempting to call you. Blocking a number just means that you're not being notified of calls from that number.

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What does recent mean next to a contact on iPhone?

The "Recents" tab in the iPhone app will only show you activity if you recently interacted with the contact, so if all they did was add themselves to your Contacts, it won't show up there.

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What is the recent next to a blocked number on iPhone?

It just means that's the most recent number used to contact u by that contact name and I've read that 2. They have called you or you have called them within your last 100 recent calls.

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What does GREY contact mean iPhone?

Blue indicates an iMessage recipient, green SMS, grey is unknown or an address that is unable to receive texts.

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Why do some contacts show up grey?

iMessage settings allow users to turn on read receipts for certain contacts while keeping them turned off for others. Assuming you only see the word 'Delivered' in grey under the message you've sent, the recipient has turned their read receipts off.

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What does it mean when someone has their notifications silenced?

The person you're texting has turned on a Focus Mode.

This could mean their phone is on Do Not Disturb, they've enabled Sleep mode, or they're using one of their iPhone or iPad's other Focus Modes.

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How do you see who was recently added to contacts?

Google has recently added a new tab called "Highlights." Tap it and you will see your Favorites in the top half of the screen with the bottom half of the display showing the four contacts you have viewed recently, or the four contacts you've most recently added to the app with the date of addition listed underneath ...

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How do I find hidden contacts on my iPhone?

How to find hidden contacts on iPhone? If you hide the contacts groups, then go to Groups, and you can select any specific hidden group, or tap on Show All Contacts, so all the contacts will appear in the list now.

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How did someone else's contacts get on my iPhone?

Why Contacts Are Shared and How to Stop It. Your contacts are showing up on another iPhone because iCloud Contacts are enabled on both iPhones. All of your contacts are uploaded to iCloud of the same account and then it will send and merge all the contacts to each iPhone to sync contacts.

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What does recent mean on a blocked contact?

In this case, the "recent" tag would likely indicate that the blocked contacted attempted to contact you recently, but no notification was shown. If you place an outgoing call, you can expect to find that in Recents.

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Can you see recently blocked numbers?

Find blocked accounts or unblock someone

At the top, tap People & sharing. Under "Contacts," tap Blocked.

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Can you tell when someone was blocked on iPhone?

Send them an SMS message

When you send them an SMS and you get the "Delivered" notification underneath it, you weren't blocked. If you get a notification like "Message Not Delivered" or you get no notification at all, that's a sign of a potential block.

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Can you tell if someone is on your iPhone?

Sign in to the Apple ID website (https://appleid.apple.com) and review all the personal and security information in your account to see if there is any information that someone else has added. If you have two-factor authentication turned on, review trusted devices for any devices that you don't recognize.

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How do I see deleted calls on iPhone?

Select Call History > Select Only list deleted > Select the contacts with call history you want to retrieve > Preview deleted call history > Select call history you want to retrieve > Click To iDevice to get deleted call history back to your iPhone's app directly, or To Computer to download them on computer.

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Can you hide a conversation on iPhone?

Hiding specific contacts or conversations on an iPhone

Step 1: Click on the message you want to block. Step 2: Tap the contact's name at the top of the message to open the taskbar. Step 3: Toggle Hide Alerts to the on position.

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How do I check hidden contacts?

Tap on "Settings" or "More options". Look for an option to "Show hidden contacts" or "Hidden contacts". Tap on this option. Look for the contact you want to unhide.

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Does someone know when I add them to contacts?

No they cannot. However there is a future feature candidate for this and it may be automatically on. This would obviously cause distress to people who want to avoid others for legitimate reasons. But at present unless you contact someone in your chat list from your new number they can't find out about your new number.

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Can you filter contacts by recently added?

Unfortunately, the Google Contacts app does not allow you to sort your contacts by date added. The only sorting options available to you are sort by First name and sort by Last name. However, that does not mean you cannot sort your contacts by date added at all.

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Does it show if you add someone by contacts?

The person cannot be visible on quick add if he or she is in your contacts. So, if you are in their contacts also, your request will be visible as 'Contacts'.

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Can someone tell you silenced their notifications?

The contact won't be notified that you muted them, and you can steer clear of a crowded Notification Center.

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Does it tell others when you have notifications silenced?

When people try to send you a message, they'll see that you've silenced notifications, but they can still notify you if it's urgent.

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Can you silence one person on iPhone?

Allow or silence notifications from specific people during a Focus. Go to Settings > Focus, then choose a Focus—for example, Do Not Disturb, Personal, Sleep, or Work. , then select from your contacts.

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