Learn how to edit or unsend an iMessage on iPhone

Apple’s new iOS 16 iPhone software program, anticipated in September, will allow you to edit and unsend textual content messages for the primary time.

Meaning you can return and proper a typo or delete a message for those who despatched it to the fallacious individual. And the individual you are texting will see the up to date textual content, or that you have deleted a message — as long as they’re additionally working iOS 16.

The function is already obtainable within the public beta, which you’ll be able to obtain in your cellphone now. However in any other case, you may see this function as soon as the software program is launched to everybody within the fall. You may simply want an iPhone launched in 2017 or later.

Here is what you do.

Here is easy methods to edit a message if you wish to change what the textual content says, whether or not you are fixing a typo or correcting the restaurant the place you are telling somebody to satisfy you.

• First ship a textual content to somebody with an iPhone.
• Subsequent, faucet and maintain the message you despatched.
• Select Edit
• Right the textual content in your iPhone.
• Faucet the blue test mark subsequent to the textual content.
• The individual on the receiving finish will see a word that you have edited the textual content however will not see the unique message.

Perhaps it is one thing you stated to your boss that you simply remorse. Or perhaps you by chance despatched a spicy meme to your grandmother as an alternative of your pal. Here is easy methods to undo your error.

• Faucet and maintain the message you despatched.
• Select Undo Ship.

You may see a message that informs you that the message has been unsent however that the recipient should still be capable of see it in the event that they’re working a tool with software program that hasn’t been up to date.

That is it!

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