topic Re: Re: Samsung text messaging app in Galaxy S21

Samsung text messaging app

Camoj911 — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 19:09:33 GMT

Does anyone know how to make text message display with unread listed first? It would be a nice feature not to hunt through a lot of messages to find new ones.

Re: Samsung text messaging app

meself — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 19:20:27 GMT

I have always seen newest at top of messages

Re: Samsung text messaging app

Pianodude58 — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 19:54:22 GMT

Like @meself, I too have always seen unread messages at the top.

In the stock Samsung Messages app, there is no direct "sort by unread" setting to force unread messages to the top permanently. However, you can use the built-in filtering, to easily find unread messages.

Re: Samsung text messaging app

AAbbott — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 19:47:48 GMT

Every messaging app I've ever seen always puts the newest messages at the top. Read or unread, newest/last are first.

Re: Re: Samsung text messaging app

Mujibar — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 19:51:23 GMT

^^ This ^^

Re: Samsung text messaging app

AAbbott — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:46:50 GMT

Unread messages are not only listed in bold type, but there is a number to the right of the chat indicating how many unread texts are in that chat, so whether or not they rise to the top, they are easy enough to spot.