iOS 17 Can Automatically Clean Up Verification Codes That Clog Up Messages App

[MacRumors]

If your Messages app often becomes cluttered with one-time verification codes that you need to manually delete, it's going to get a lot easier to clean them up in iOS 17.

The iOS 17 update includes a new option to delete verification codes in Messages (and Mail) after they've been inserted into an app or website through the Autofill feature.

"Clean Up Automatically" can be toggled on for verification codes in the Passwords app under Password Options.

Note that autofill verification codes are new to the Mail app in iOS 17, and work the same way as the verification code autofill feature for the Messages app. When you get a one-time code emailed to you, the Mail app can detect it and use it in Safari automatically without you having to swap over to the Mail app.

Apple says that one-time codes sent to both Mail and Messages can be deleted automatically if the delete feature is turned on.

Article Link: iOS 17 Can Automatically Clean Up Verification Codes That Clog Up Messages App

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

oooof this is really nice, i might come back to iOS sooner than I had anticipated

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Do you mean to tell me all of the verification codes will be gone? Yes, I'll take it!!!

 

[HiRez]

Excellent. These are the kinds of small but really useful updates that I like (also Safari profiles). The big features, usually not so much.

 

[antiprotest]

Yeah this one is actually useful. Hope it's not buggy and deletes messages that I want to keep. But who am I kidding right?

 

[Pezimak]

Wow! I'll have some of this! Apple knocked it out the park with the software updates today. Also Craig is a good presenter with a sense of humour so I like the stuff he presents.

 

[SuperCachetes]

Beautiful. Virtual high-five to whatever Cupertino person/team fostered this idea to production.

 

[klasma]

That can be useful for email, but for messages this has never been an issue for me, as the codes are generally in separate channels where they don't "clog up" anything.

 

[klasma]

Yeah this one is actually useful. Hope it's not buggy and deletes messages that I want to keep. But who am I kidding right?

Antiprotest doth protest too much, methinks.

 

[jz0309]

That will be very useful!
First feature for me that’ll make me want to upgrade to iOS 17

 

[kyjaotkb]

Good but that means 95% of my iMessage threads will disappear (in the UK so it’s whatsapp or nothing for ‘real’ messages).

 

[newyorksole]

That can be useful for email, but for messages this has never been an issue for me, as the codes are generally in separate channels where they don't "clog up" anything.

same. I’m also pretty an@l about my digital clutter so I don’t let marketing or verification texts linger in Mail or Messages.

 

[jonnysods]

This is great. Can they make it so that if I delete a message on my Mac it deletes from my iphone and watch too?

 

[emulator]

I wish I could delete with one swipe and the app was not asking me 2-3 times you're sure.

 

[GlryX]

Quite possibly the best feature announced lol

 

[1rottenapple]

If your Messages app often becomes cluttered with one-time verification codes that you need to manually delete, it's going to get a lot easier to clean them up in iOS 17.

The iOS 17 update includes a new option to delete verification codes in Messages (and Mail) after they've been inserted into an app or website through the Autofill feature.

"Clean Up Automatically" can be toggled on for verification codes in the Passwords app under Password Options.

Note that autofill verification codes are new to the Mail app in iOS 17, and work the same way as the verification code autofill feature for the Messages app. When you get a one-time code emailed to you, the Mail app can detect it and use it in Safari automatically without you having to swap over to the Mail app.

Apple says that one-time codes sent to both Mail and Messages can be deleted automatically if the delete feature is turned on.

Article Link: iOS 17 Can Automatically Clean Up Verification Codes That Clog Up Messages App

Best announcement of WWDC! Yes!!!!

 

[baryon]

A good start, except for the 70% that AutoFill doesn't work with...

 

[furbzv1]

its the small things

 

[munpip214]

I think have it autofill from mail is a bigger deal than auto delete. Looking forward to testing it out!

 

[nwcs]

That is one great feature to add in. Should probably have not taken so long to get it implemented.

 

[gaximus]

Do you mean to tell me all of the verification codes will be gone? Yes, I'll take it!!!

Your 200+ unread messages just gave me a panic attack, no offense, but get your **** together.

 

[alexandr]

Ok, this is probably my favorite feature of iOS 17 — adore!!!

 

[00001000bit]

How about an option to not allow things that look like verification codes to show on the lock screen.

I like regular texts to show (for convenience, yeah I know) - but if verification codes can show, that means that if an attacker got my phone and tried to trigger a password reset on an account, they'd be able to read the verification code without needing to unlock my phone.

 

[Robert.Walter]

How about an option to not allow things that look like verification codes to show on the lock screen.

I like regular texts to show (for convenience, yeah I know) - but if verification codes can show, that means that if an attacker got my phone and tried to trigger a password reset on an account, they'd be able to read the verification code without needing to unlock my phone.

This presumes said attacker already has your other authentication credentials.

 

[DakotaGuy]

Exciting! Google Messages has done this for 2 years. Just sayin’ 😆