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SMS - Guardians managing SMS permissions

SMS - Guardians managing SMS permissions


Once you have enabled SMS for your Centre/s, you can send an email to all Guardians in one step to advice SMS is now ready to go.

All active Guardians and Nominees will be automatically ticked for OPT IN for SMS.


Guardians can choose to set particular Guardians and Nominees to OPT OUT for SMS via the:



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Guardian process to manage SMS message permissions on their laptop

Opt out of SMS Web portal - laptop

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Guardian process to manage SMS message permissions on their mobile device

Opt out of SMS Web portal - device

Default Email template


Below is the Guardian view of the default SMS enabled email they will receive.

You may choose to customise this prior to sending out the email.


see: SMS Email Template


Opt out via Web Portal on laptop


To manage SMS authorisations for Guardians and Nominees, within your Xap Web Portal.

  1. Select the Family screen icon from the left-hand menu
  2. Select the 3-dot icon next to the Guardian or Nominee
  3. Select Edit from the drop-down menu



  1. Within Communication Preferences tick to Disable SMS for the selected Guardian/Nominee
  2. Select Save



Opt out via Web Portal on device


To manage SMS authorisations for Guardians and Nominees, within your Xap Web Portal on your device using the address: www.xap.rocks


  1. Select the 3-line icon on the top right



  1. Select the Family screen icon from the left-hand menu


  1. Select the 3-dot icon next to the Guardian or Nominee
  2. Select Edit from the drop-down menu


  1. Within Communication Preferences tick to Disable SMS for the selected Guardian/Nominee
  2. Select Save





Updated on: 19/03/2026

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