Chats & groups
How messaging works on Stitch — from drafts, replies, and reactions to Note to Self, scheduled and disappearing messages, chat-list actions, and running a group.
Sending and managing messages
To start a conversation, open the Chats tab, choose a contact, and type in the input bar at the bottom. A chat can hold far more than text: you can send photos and videos, record voice notes, attach files, send GIFs, and add emoji. Each message shows its delivery and read state so you know whether it has arrived and been seen.
Long-pressing a message (or right-clicking it on the web) opens an action menu with everything you can do to it. Reply to quote a specific message, react with an emoji, forward it to another chat, or copy its text. Messages you sent can be edited or deleted, and a deleted message is replaced with a placeholder so the conversation still makes sense. Editing and deleting for everyone are available for a limited time after sending.
Replies, reactions, and search
Replies keep busy conversations readable. Long-press a message and tap Reply, or swipe right on a message to reply to it in one motion. Either way, your response appears with a short quote of the original above it, which is especially useful in groups where several topics may be moving at once. Reactions let you respond without sending a full message — long-press and tap an emoji, and it appears under the message for everyone in the chat to see.
When a conversation gets long, in-chat search helps you find a specific moment. Open the search inside a chat, type a word or phrase, and Stitch highlights every match so you can jump between them, with filters to narrow the results. A media gallery in each chat also collects every photo, video, and link shared there, so you do not have to scroll back to find something that was sent earlier.
Drafts and messaging yourself
If you start typing a reply and switch away before sending it, Stitch keeps your unsent text as a draft in that chat. Reopen the conversation later and your draft is right there in the message box, and the chat list shows a "Draft:" preview so you can tell at a glance which conversations you left mid-message. Drafts are saved on your device or browser only — they are never sent anywhere until you actually tap Send.
Note to Self is a private chat with only you in it, useful for reminders, links, or drafts you want to keep for later. Find it from the compose/new-chat flow — it behaves like any other chat, but nobody else can ever see or join it.
Voice notes, scheduled, and disappearing messages
Voice notes are useful when typing is awkward. Hold the microphone button to record, preview what you said, and send it; the recipient can play it back inside the chat. Scheduled messages let you write something now and have Stitch send it at a time you pick — type your message, tap the clock icon or use the Schedule Message option, choose when it should go out, and it appears above the message box until it sends. You can review or cancel a scheduled message any time before it goes out; Stitch stores it and sends it automatically once the time arrives, provided the app can reach the internet at that moment.
Disappearing messages help manage privacy and clutter. Turn the feature on in a chat and choose a 24-hour, 7-day, or 90-day timer, and new messages will delete themselves after that period. The timer applies to messages sent after you change the setting, and everyone in the chat sees a notice when it changes. Disappearing messages cannot prevent screenshots, copies, forwards, or report evidence, so they are a convenience rather than a guarantee.
Creating and running group chats
A group chat brings several people into one conversation. When you create a group you can give it a name and a photo and add members from your contacts. As an admin you can add or remove members and share an invite so others can join. Everyone in the group sees the same messages, media, reactions, and replies.
Groups include tools made for coordinating with more than one person. Create a poll with up to ten options — and optional anonymous voting — to settle a question quickly, and @mention specific people when you need their attention. Because all current members are intended recipients, treat a group as a shared space and only add people who should see the conversation.
Organizing your chat list
Long-press a chat in your list (or right-click it on the web) to open a menu of actions for that conversation: Archive moves it out of your main list without deleting it, Mute stops its notifications while you stay in it, Lock Chat hides it behind your device authentication (see the Chat Lock guide), and Clear Chat removes its messages while keeping the conversation itself. For a one-to-one chat you can also Block the other person from that menu; for a group, the equivalent option is Leave Group, and for a chat you no longer want at all, Delete Chat removes it from your list.
When you need to tidy up several chats at once, open the overflow menu at the top of your chat list and choose Select chats. Tap to select as many conversations as you like, then use the bar at the bottom to Archive them together, mark them as read, or delete them in one action. Read all from that same menu marks every unread chat as read without opening each one individually.
Keeping conversations manageable
You do not have to leave a busy chat to get some quiet. Mute any conversation or group for as long as you like and you will stop getting notifications from it while remaining a member. This lets you stay in a lively group without it interrupting your day.
If a conversation becomes a problem, you have direct controls. You can block a contact to stop them messaging or calling you, and you can report a message or account that breaks the rules. Reports are reviewed by Stitch against the Community Guidelines, and serious issues can lead to restrictions or bans.