How do I silence text messages from specific contacts (Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge)?

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How do I silence text messages from specific contacts (Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge)

Hello, I've been looking for an answer for this but I can't seem to find any.

I want to silence text messages from specific contacts. I am able to change the ringtone for calls through the Contacts (and to silence this I added a silent mp3 to my ringtone list) but strangely enough, the list is fixed for message tones. Several of the threads on this site appear to assume that a silent mp3 can be used for message tones as well, but for some reason, this option is not on my phone (Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge).

Any help or advice will be appreciated.

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Try copying that silent mp3 file to the Notifications directory (in addition to the Ringtones directory).