# Why does my SMS filtering permission stay active even after I turn off the setting on my phone?

It is currently not possible for the ScamShield app to detect if the SMS Filtering setting has been setup on iOS. Therefore, if you are turning on your SMS filtering permissions, please make sure you set it up and click on "I've done this" once you are done.

Need help? Check out our [SMS Filtering setup interactive demo!](/resources/help-center/sms-filtering.md)


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