Michael Potuck
The Messages app got some slick upgrades with iOS 16. One of the headlining
features is the ability to edit iMessages on iPhone after sending them. Read
on for a hands-on look at how the feature works and its limitations.
Apple's Messages app has received several new features with iOS 16. Three
major ones are the option to edit iMessages, completely unsend iMessages,
and mark text messages as unread.
Below we'll cover how it works to edit iMessages on iPhone.
Edit iMessages: How the iPhone feature works in iOS 16
1. Running iOS 16 on iPhone, open the Messages app
2. Find the conversation and message you want to edit
3. Long-press on the message
4. Choose Edit
5. Make your changes and tap the blue checkmark icon
6. Editing iMessages works up to 15 minutes after sending and are limited to
a total of 5 edits with the changes visible to the person you're chatting
with
7. You can tap "Edited" under the message to see both the original and
edited message(s), tap "Hide Edits" to see only the most recent edit
Here's how the Edit iMessage feature looks in iOS 16:
After tapping edit, tap the text and make your changes, when done, tap the
blue checkmark on the right-hand side.
After using the edit iMessage feature, you'll see the text marked with
"Edited" next to the read receipt. If you tap it, you can see all iterations
of the message.
Edit iMessage limitations
When using the unsend iMessage feature in iOS 16, Apple gives a warning that
people on older iOS versions will see the original message and then
follow-up messages prefaced with "Edited to" before the updated message in
quotation marks.
As you'd expect, SMS text messages can't be edited.
For those on iOS 16 that you send and then edit a message, they'll see an
alert under the message that it was edited.
The other limitation as noted above is that you can only edit iMessages up
to 15 minutes after sending. However, you can edit a message 5 times if
needed.
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