How to "hide" iMessages from shared iPad?

[AppleMango]

Dear All,

I helped a friend setting up her first iPhone ever.
She had an iPad for a few months and used iMessage with an "iCloud"-email.

Once she started using her iPhone with her mobile number, we both had two chats, one going to/from her phone, and one going to/from her iPad.
We managed to play around with the settings and eventually put iMessage to mobile phone number only and restarted the devices and now everything is merged in one thread and it is perfectly synced.

But now the BIG PROBLEM:
My friend is sharing her iPad with her partner and also receives work-related stuff and is now worried about safety and privacy.

So basically the question is: Can you use iMessage on both your devices but somehow protect it against unwanted readers on the iPad? Or is that just not possible?

Or could you configure it (iMessage) somehow, to keep two chats open for both devices? But then I guess if you would use the iPad and leave the house, the other one wouldn't know it and keeps replying to the iPad, whilst the person is already out and about and waits for an answer on the iPhone.


Many thanks for your replies,
maybe I haven't got the concept of iMessage right with emails and phone numberes... but I just couldn't help her answer those questions.

Thanks!

 

[0128672]

This scenario is a bit confusing, but realistically, the only way to hide content from a different user on a shared iPad is to sign out of one's Apple ID and have the other person sign in with their Apple ID. Each person under their own Apple ID will only see their own content.

While logged in under one Apple ID, the other person will have access to everything.

The multiple email/phone numbers to send and receive iMessages is a convenience, but doesn't relate to privacy between shared users.

Use Messages on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support

Send texts, photos, videos, and more. Pin your conversations. Set Messages to automatically delete verification codes once you use them with AutoFill.

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