Deleting a recent call in FaceTime now deletes all communications with the person??

[walt7788]

So, I went to delete some recent FaceTime calls in the FaceTime app, because I don’t want to accidentally dial anyone there. Apparently in iOS 26 if you try to delete a FaceTime recent, it will actually delete the entirety of your communication with them…? I get a warning indicating as much.

Please tell me I’ve missed something and they haven’t radically changed the behavior of removing a call from the FaceTime app to now the complete destruction of all your communication with that person. I just want to avoid accidental dials from the app.

 

[ManuCH]

What do you mean with "delete the entirety of your communication"? What kind of communication? The recent call list in the phone app, or what is being deleted for you?

 

[walt7788]

This is the warning message. So it doesn’t include texts, but recent call logs, voicemails, and any FaceTime videos.

 

[I7guy]

This is the warning message. So it doesn’t include texts, but recent call logs, voicemails, and any FaceTime videos.

Doesn’t include messages, but seems reasonable to delete call history.

 

[bzgnyc2]

Doesn’t include messages, but seems reasonable to delete call history.

With a unified call history across FaceTime and traditional phone calls, I can see why they are treated the same. However, not sure why deleting one entry in a call history should delete all history of contact with that person.

I certainly wouldn't want all voicemails from someone deleted just because I wanted to clear one associated call log entry.

Which I don't do often but I understand the OP's thinking as I have accidentally called people with a wayward touch while browsing my Recents and Voicemail when all I wanted was Info. This UI/UX already wasn't ideal...

 

[I7guy]

With a unified call history across FaceTime and traditional phone calls, I can see why they are treated the same. However, not sure why deleting one entry in a call history should delete all history of contact with that person.

I certainly wouldn't want all voicemails from someone deleted just because I wanted to clear one associated call log entry.

Which I don't do often but I understand the OP's thinking as I have accidentally called people with a wayward touch while browsing my Recents and Voicemail when all I wanted was Info. This UI/UX already wasn't ideal...

I went and tried it. I deleted a FaceTime call. I couldn’t tell exactly what was deleted.

 

[bzgnyc2]

I went and tried it. I deleted a FaceTime call. I couldn’t tell exactly what was deleted.

Can't say as I am still on iOS 18. It's things like this which continue to give me pause to "upgrading". In the meantime, going based on the OP's screenshot of Apple's warning:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/deleting-a-recent-call-in-facetime-now-deletes-all-communications-with-the-person.2476544/post-34394778

Based on the text in Apple's warning, it appears they are conflating clearing entries in Recent with blocking. Offering to erase all content from a sender marked Block might make sense (though even there one might want to block new contact while preserving previously received content for legal reasons).