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title: "Frequently Asked Questions — autoforward iPhone App"
description: "Answers to common questions about autoforward, the iOS SMS forwarding app."
url: https://autoforward.app/faq
lang: en
---

# FAQ

Quick answers to the questions we hear most often.

### Is there another way of forwarding "everything" besides the method with the Space?

No, unfortunately there isn't — this is an iOS restriction. And as a side effect of this workaround: messages that contain only a single word can't be forwarded, because the "contains space" filter doesn't match them.

### Why is the "Forward as Message" shortcut action removed?

We removed it because this is also possible natively without a third-party app, and we believe the native flow is always the best way to do this. See How to forward iPhone SMS via SMS (https://autoforward.app/how-to/iphone-sms-forwarding-via-sms) for further info.

### How can I forward SMS to multiple email addresses?

It works by adding multiple actions inside the same Shortcuts automation — one for each email address you want to forward to.

### How do I stop / remove the forwarding?

Open the Shortcuts app, go to Automations, and delete (or disable) the SMS automation you set up for autoforward. Once the shortcut is gone, no more messages will be forwarded.

### Why are images / MMS not being forwarded?

Forwarding images (MMS) isn't possible — this is an iOS restriction imposed by Apple, and there's nothing we can do about it. Shortcuts automations only receive the text content of an incoming message, never any attached images. Every SMS forwarding app on iOS has this same limitation.

### Is this app secure?

Yes. Forwarding uses encrypted transport (TLS) end-to-end, and we do not store your message content, recipient addresses, or basically anything — messages pass through and are gone. If you prefer to keep delivery fully under your own control, you can also configure your own SMTP server inside the app, in which case messages only flow through infrastructure you operate.