You Can Edit or Unsend an iMessage Up to 15 Minutes After Sending in iOS 16

[MacRumors]

iOS 16 adds a long-awaited feature set allowing you to edit and unsend iMessages that you've sent to someone, but as it turns out, there is a time limitation.

You can edit or unsend an iMessage up to 15 minutes after it's been sent, but after that, it is uneditable and can no longer be unsent.

Unsending an iMessage or editing an iMessage requires both Messages users to be running iOS 16. If you try unsending an iMessage to someone running iOS 15 or earlier, it does not work, nor does the editing feature.

Apple warns that people running earlier versions of iOS are able to see messages that have been unsent, even if it is no longer visible on your end.

You can edit or undo an iMessage by long pressing on it in an iMessage conversation and tapping on either "Edit" or "Undo Send." Note that these features are limited to blue bubble iMessages and do not work with green SMS messages.

There's also a new option to recover recently deleted messages, and deleted messages can be recovered for up to 30 days after deleting them. Deleted messages are located in the Recently Deleted section under the Filters list. Recently deleted works for both iMessage and SMS messages.

In addition to these two features, there is a "Mark as Unread" option for when you want to respond to a message at a later time but don't want to forget, and all of your unread messages can be seen in the new "Unread Messages" folder under Filters.

Article Link: You Can Edit or Unsend an iMessage Up to 15 Minutes After Sending in iOS 16

 

[Think|Different]

Honestly, can't believe I'm seeing it but NOT MAD.

 

[Thebrochure]

Screenshot says, "Hold my beer."

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Ahhh! 15 minutes is plenty of time. Apple needs to give an option where the user's can add more time if desire. What if I'm at a meeting.

Give option for:

15 Minutes
30 Minutes
45 Minutes etc...

This feature still won't save you from sending drunk messages tho.

Update: Check out the demo below It's pretty neat.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1534050051449757696

 

[vanylapep]

We went from Steve Jobs annoucing the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad, the Macbook Air.... to some random guy annoucing we can unsend a message.

 

[FelixDerKater]

15 minutes may even be too long, but it beats having to blame autocorrect for errors repeatedly.

 

[smoking monkey]

This is awesome! I'm shocking when it comes to accidentally post on the wrong iMessage thread. It only happens on computer though. Never if I iMessage on the the iMessage. I wonder if it will apply to Mac OS as well???

EDIT: "on the iMessage" ??? how did I type that? Perfect example. I'll be able to edit that come ios16! It should read on the iPhone.

 

[Apple_Robert]

I like the new features. I hope they will work as intended. lol

 

[4jasontv]

Unsending an iMessage or editing an iMessage requires both Messages users to be running iOS 16. If you try unsending an iMessage to someone running iOS 15 or earlier, it does not work, nor does the editing feature.

What do older iOS and non-iOS users see when a message is edited?

 

[OS X Dude]

Wonder if read receipts are affected if someone marks as unread?

 

[Apple_Robert]

This is awesome! I'm shocking when it comes to accidentally post on the wrong iMessage thread. It only happens on computer though. Never if I iMessage on the the iMessage. I wonder if it will apply to Mac OS as well???

That is a good question. For continuity sake, Apple should make it cross-platform.

 

[OS X Dude]

What do older iOS and non-iOS users see when a message is edited?

Nothing different at all - iOS 15 has no logic to handle it.

 

[OS X Dude]

That is a good question. For continuity sake, Apple should make it cross-platform.

It does. It’s in the feature notes.

 

[4jasontv]

Nothing different at all - iOS 15 has no logic to handle it.

It doesn't even notify them of the change by resending the message? How will you know if they got the change?

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Wonder if read receipts are affected if someone marks as unread?

Leave "read reciepts" (OFF). Problem solved

 

[BlueCreek]

What do older iOS and non-iOS users see when a message is edited?

You can’t, you don’t send iMessages to non-iOS users. It’s a regular text message with the green bubble.

 

[4jasontv]

Leave "read reciepts" (OFF). Problem solved

I have no idea why people would enable read receipts.

 

[4jasontv]

You can’t, you don’t send iMessages to non-iOS users. It’s a regular text message with the green bubble.

So the option isn't available if anyone in the thread doesn't have iOS 16? The way MR phrased it "Apple warns that people running earlier versions of iOS are able to see messages that have been unsent, even if it is no longer visible on your end." makes it sound like the option is still there.

 

[mejsric]

It should be, editable/deletable until read.

 

[surfzen21]

I'm looking forward to this. I tend to send messages without proofing them. Would be nice to correct spelling and incorrect auto-corrects.

 

[kc9hzn]

We went from Steve Jobs annoucing the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad, the Macbook Air.... to some random guy annoucing we can unsend a message.

To be fair, Steve… had a tendency to monopolize keynotes. To the point where he became the public face of every team of the company. Tim Cook seems to prefer letting the lead developers/project managers/VPs for each team present (and get credit for) their contributions. The latter goes a long way towards dissociating Apple from being that one guy

 

[inet27]

iOS 16 adds a long-awaited feature set allowing you to edit and unsend iMessages that you've sent to someone, but as it turns out, there is a time limitation.

You can edit or unsend an iMessage up to 15 minutes after it's been sent, but after that, it is uneditable and can no longer be unsent.

Unsending an iMessage or editing an iMessage requires both Messages users to be running iOS 16. If you try unsending an iMessage to someone running iOS 15 or earlier, it does not work, nor does the editing feature.

Apple warns that people running earlier versions of iOS are able to see messages that have been unsent, even if it is no longer visible on your end.

You can edit or undo an iMessage by long pressing on it in an iMessage conversation and tapping on either "Edit" or "Undo Send." Note that these features are limited to blue bubble iMessages and do not work with green SMS messages.

There's also a new option to recover recently deleted messages, and deleted messages can be recovered for up to 30 days after deleting them. Deleted messages are located in the Recently Deleted section under the Filters list. Recently deleted works for both iMessage and SMS messages.

In addition to these two features, there is a "Mark as Unread" option for when you want to respond to a message at a later time but don't want to forget, and all of your unread messages can be seen in the new "Unread Messages" folder under Filters.

Article Link: You Can Edit or Unsend an iMessage Up to 15 Minutes After Sending in iOS 16

About d@mn time

 

[unobtainium]

Kind of a useless feature since there's no way to know whether or not they already saw the message. Unsending an embarrassing message is almost as embarrassing as sending it in the first place. And as for it not working on iOS 15 or earlier, that means much of the time you'll *think* you've unsent the message when in fact it's still sitting there on their phone lol. Like I said, useless.

 

[_Spinn_]

I can't believe we are actually getting this feature. Will definitely be useful.

 

[1129846]

I honestly wish I could turn off the edit on my side so someone else is not affecting messaging on my phone