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Samsung text messaging app

(Topic created: 03-15-2026 12:30 PM)
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Camoj911
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Galaxy S21
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.
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meself
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Galaxy S21
I have always seen newest at top of messages
Pianodude58
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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.
AAbbott
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Every messaging app I've ever seen always puts the newest messages at the top.  Read or unread, newest/last are first.

Mujibar
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^^ This ^^
AAbbott
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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.