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Use Tapbacks in a message on Mac
Tapbacks give you a quick and easy way to respond to a message, such as a thumbs-up or thumbs-down.
Note: To send and receive Tapbacks, you and your recipients must be using macOS 10.12 or later, iOS 10 or later or iPadOS 13 or later. If you send a Tapback to someone who’s using an earlier version of macOS or iOS, they receive a text label instead of the Tapback icon.
![A description of the most recent Tapback sent in a conversation appears in the list on the left. The thumbs-up Tapback appears at the top corner of a message, indicating that you liked the message. A set of Tapback choices appears above another message. The choices include a heart, thumbs-up, thumbs-down, Ha Ha, exclamation points and a question mark.](https://help.apple.com/assets/65A999AC13B61AFE4806A611/65A999AE157993C0D60EEF70/en_AU/67c213908f8c32ebe3e62748191f6bf9.png)
In the Messages app
on your Mac, select a conversation.
Do one of the following:
Send a Tapback: Click and hold a message, then choose a Tapback. If your Mac has a Touch Bar, you can also click a message, then tap a Tapback in the Touch Bar.
The Tapback is attached to a specific message in a conversation and everyone who’s part of the conversation can see it.
Remove a Tapback: Click and hold a message, then choose the same Tapback you sent. If your Mac has a Touch Bar, you can also click a message, then tap the same Tapback in the Touch Bar.
The Tapback is removed from the message.
If there’s more than one Tapback for a message, they appear as a stack; click and hold a Tapback to see who sent which Tapback.