Michael Potuck
The Messages app gets some valuable upgrades this year with iOS 16. One of
the interesting features is the ability to unsend iMessages on iPhone.
Follow along for a hands-on look at how the feature works, its limitations,
and what the experience is like for the person on the other end.
Apple's Messages app gains a handful of new features with iOS 16. Three big
ones are the option to edit iMessages, completely unsend iMessages, and mark
text messages as unread.
Below we'll focus on how it works to unsend iMessages on iPhone.
1. Running iOS 16 on iPhone, open the Messages app
2. Find the conversation and the specific message you want to unsend
3. Long-press on the message
4. Tap Undo Send
5. Undo Send and the new Edit message option works up to 15 minutes
after sending
Apple notes that when you try to unsend iMessages that were sent to someone
running iOS 15 or earlier, they may still be able to see them.
Here's how the unsend iMessage feature looks in iOS 16:
You don't need to confirm the action, as soon as you unsend iMessages on
iPhone, you'll see a little animation where they burst and disappear.
Caveats and limitations
Something important to keep in mind, if the person isn't on iOS 16 that you
sent, and then unsent an iMessage, Apple gives a notice that they "may still
be able to see your message."
And if the person who received the original message is on iOS 16, they will
get an alert in the thread that a message was unsent
But one interesting aspect is the notification for the iMessage is removed
on their device along with the message when you unsend.
So they will see that you used the feature, but may not know what it was (as
long as they didn't see a preview of the text when the original message was
sent).
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