Message app

Send messages as texts on a manual basis

1. Go to Settings > Messages.
2. Toggle Send as SMS switch to off.
3. When iMessage is unavailable, individual messages will not send. Tap and hold these individual messages until you get an option menu.
4. Tap Send as Text Message.

Let me know if it helps. Good luck :)

An iPad cannot send or receive SMS/MMS messages except with the help of an iPhone on the same Apple ID set to relay the messages to/from the SMS/MMS system through the iMessage system. It just doesn't have the hardware. (Even iPads with cellular data hardware cannot connect to the voice/SMS part of the cellular system.)

Hi DjSharonRPL,

Although not recommend, you would need to disable iMessage: Deregister iMessage on your iPhone or online - Apple Support.

Cheers,

Jack