Do you hate the repeat text message alerts that you receive on the iPhone? Luckily, there's an easy way to turn them off so that you only receive one alert.

Alerts are the default display mode for text messages on the iPhone. Alerts are displayed in a roughly two-inch by one-and-a-half-inch box in the middle of the screen.

How to mute message notifications from one person To mute notifications from a certain person, there are two ways to do so. First, open the Messages app on your iPhone.

If your iPhone is ringing twice (or more) to alert you for every single text message you receive, then the repeating alert feature may currently be enabled on your device.

Setting a different alert for important contacts is a simple yet effective way of knowing who just sent you a message. Join us while we show you how easy it is to set a custom tone, as well as a ...

How to hide alerts to new Messages Go to Settings > Notifications and scroll down until you find Messages. In the Messages section scroll down to Show Previews. By default this will be set to ...

Then, every time you get a text message, the text tone will play. To change the default text tone on an iPhone, follow these steps: On the iPhone home screen, tap the Settings app.

If you don't want certain messages popping up on your iPhone's screen, you can hide them through filtering or disabling their alerts or notifications.

Between text messages, emails and other app notifications it is easy for notifications to get out of hand.