The invention discloses a method and a system convenient for editing short message greetings, wherein the method comprises the following steps that: after a user selects a contact person and enters a short message editing area of a mobile phone, a greeting prompt menu is displayed on the screen of the mobile phone, the greeting prompt menu is a menu which comprises preset greetings for the user to select, and the preset greetings are personalized greetings which are specially set for the contact person; the selected information of the greeting on the greeting prompt menu that the user selects is received; and the selected greeting is inserted into the short message editing area according to the selected information. According to the invention, the short message greetings for different contact persons are preset in the mobile phone and the user is reminded to select the preset greetings when editing a short message, so that the repeated labor of the user is reduced, and the short message editing efficiency of the user is improved.