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TextNow has a number of options that allow you to tailor your messaging and calling preferences to your liking. Below we’ll take a look at how to update these preferences on the TextNow website and in the app.
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Messaging & Calling Preferences
TextNow has a number of options that allow you to tailor your messaging and calling preferences to your liking. Below we’ll take a look at how to update these preferences on the TextNow website and in the app.
Onย TextNow.com:
1.ย Log in on theย TextNowย website.
2.ย Navigate to yourย Accountย page by clickingย My Accountย in the upper-right corner, or by selectingย My Wireless Accountย from the menu on the Conversations page.
3.ย From the drop-down, selectย Settings.
4.ย Click onย Messaging & Calling.ย
5.ย To change your messaging preferences, selectย Messaging Settings.
6.ย From here, you can choose if you want to hearย notification soundsย for incoming messages when you’re using a browser, and toย show a notification on your desktopย when you get a new message. You can also selectย Send me an emailย to get an email whenever you receive a text.
And finally, you canย edit or remove the signatureย that appears at the bottom of your texts here as well.
7.ย By selectingย Calling Settings, you can turn on the ability toย send missed calls to voicemail.
8.ย Underย Blocked Numbers, you can see your list of numbers you’ve blocked, and unblock them if you wish.
In the TextNow app:ย
1.ย Open your TextNow app and sign into your account.
2.ย Click on theย main menuย button in the upper-left corner, and then selectย Settings.
3.ย Tap onย Messagingย for your messaging options:
Underย Messaging, you can:
- Signature:ย Add, edit or remove the signature that appears at the end of each of your texts
- Quick Reply:ย Set your preferences for floating chat heads, popup replies, and quick replies from the lock screen.
- Unified Inbox:ย Send an receive messages from your wireless provider by using your native phone number through the TextNow app.
- Import SMS:ย Bring the text messages from your phone into the TextNow app
- Email notifications:ย Have TextNow send an email to the email address you have on your account everytime you receive a text.
4.ย Tap onย Callingย for your calling options:
Here’s a quick rundown of the options underย Calling:
- Elastic Calling:ย Set up TextNow to use your phone’s already existing 3G/4G data connection or voice network to start or complete a call when off wifi.
- Voicemail:ย Turn voicemail on or off, and set up a custom greeting.
- Ringtone:ย Choose a different ringtone from either the ones packed with TextNow, or from another audio file on your
- Call Forwarding:ย Set up your call forwarding number (Note: This option is not available for free users).
- Screen Lock:ย Toggle the screen on or off during calls.
- Phone Numbers Blocked:ย Your list of phone numbers that you’ve blocked, along with an option to unblock one or all of them.




