If you’ve gotten an iPhone 8 or later, you’ve probably already updated to iOS 16. The most recent operating system has many latest security measures try to be using.
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Here’s one other buried setting that just got upgraded: Your iPhone’s ability to detect sounds and provide you with a warning. Tap or click for steps to establish custom sounds, like your property’s appliances.
One of the noteworthy features of iOS 16 is the flexibility to edit and unsend text messages. It’s not as clear-cut because it seems. Here’s the reality.
Myth: Once you unsend a text, the recipient won’t ever know.
Reality: Your recipient gets a notification.
Yes, you may take back a message you sent, but there’s more to it. The unsend feature only works with iMessage (iPhone to iPhone), and also you and the recipient have to be running iOS 16.
For those who unsend a message to someone running an older version of iOS, they’ll still see it, and also you’ll get a notification reminding you of that.
Listed below are a couple of more things to remember when unsending a message:
- You may only take back a message inside two minutes of sending it.
- The recipient can read your message before you unsend it.
- For those who unsend a message, it should disappear from the recipient’s screen, but they’ll be notified that you simply unsent it.
Now that you understand how it really works, here’s find out how to unsend a message:
- While in an iMessage conversation, tap and hold the message you need to unsend.
- Tap Undo Send.
Myth: Once you edit a text, the recipient won’t ever know.
The fact: You guessed it — they’ll get a notification.
Editing a text follows the identical rules. You may, but it surely only works with iMessage, and each iPhones have to be running iOS 16.
For those who edit a message you sent to someone running an older version of iOS, all of your edited messages will appear on their screen, and they’ll get notifications of your edits.
Listed below are some things you should know when editing a message:
- You could have quarter-hour to edit a text.
- You may edit a message as much as five times.
- The recipient can read your message before you edit it.
- The recipient can tap your edited message and see its edit history.
Here’s the way it’s done:
- While in an iMessage conversation, tap and hold the message you need to edit.
- Tap Edit and make your changes.
- Tap the blue checkmark whenever you’re done.
Myth: Once you delete a text, it’s gone.
The fact: Those deleted messages stick around for a bit.
Once you delete a text thread, it’s stored in a folder in your iPhone’s recently deleted messages file for 30 days. You may get better it or delete it permanently right then and there. That also means anyone can see your deleted messages in the event that they have your passcode.
Here’s the excellent news: Text messages you unsend do not appear within the recently deleted messages file.
Here’s find out how to delete or get better recently deleted messages:
- Open the Messages app and tap Edit in the highest left.
- Tap Show Recently Deleted to view messages marked for deletion.
- You may delete a message immediately by choosing it and tapping Delete > Delete Message.
- Get well a message by choosing it and tapping Get well > Get well Message.
- You may tap Delete All or Get well All at the underside of the screen to use these actions to all of your deleted messages.