How to unsend a message on iPhone?

Apple at WWDC 2022 announced that now, iPhone users will be able to unsend/recall their messages. This topic went so viral on the web when people got to know about it. At WWDC 2022 event, which was Apple’s recent occasion, they revealed a new feature which will allow apple users to edit or even delete their sent texts. So we are going to learn “how to unsend a message on iPhone?“.

This feature is literally a necessity. It will help us to get out of several problematic situations, which we face daily(I definitely do face many problems).

How useful is this unsend a message on iPhone feature?

If you think a little about this feature “how to unsend a message on iPhone ?” You will definitely realize, this unsend a message feature is hell lot of useful. Remember about those times when you sent someone a text which you were not supposed to send and then all you could do was regret it for your whole life.

Calling someone accidentally, sending the text to the wrong person or sending the wrong text to someone or just some normal typos. Now, you can get out of these kinds of embarrassing situations with ease.(This feature is surely gonna help me a lot since I am always making these kinds of silly mistakes). Well, It is my personal opinion that no matter how good you are at typing.

It is impossible to avoid some grammar or typos mistakes. Also I wanted to clear out that iMessage does not keep the history of your messages so, if you delete or edit your message that old message is completely gone(gone, reduced to atoms …hehe, pun). No need to worry about your privacy, your privacy is completely safe.

Way how to unsend a message on iPhone

Well, first of all let me make this clear that this feature is currently only available for IOS 16. Yes, you must possess IOS 16 to use this feature to unsend or edit your messages. This feature is officially going to be released later this year, likely at the same time of iPhone 14’s launch(probably this September).

Although this feature is not released yet, we still got information on how the unsend/edit feature will work so, stick with us to know more information about this topic in near future. Steps on to unsend a message on iPhone are as follow:

• Choose the message, which you want to delete.
• Press and hold the chosen message.
• Click on “Undo Send”
• And boom! The message has been deleted/recalled/unsent from the recipient’s device, in just a blink of an eye.

If you wish to get this feature earlier than other people, you can sign up for Apple Beta Software Program. It lets you use the application before others and review it.   

This feature was already available on some messaging applications like instagram, whatsapp but now, apple also has introduced unsend feature in their iMessage application. Unsend feature in iMessage will be available for mobile and desktop with their latest updates. Some of you might have already installed IOS 16 by signing up for Apple Beta Software Program or the macOS Venture developer beta.

And if you all want to learn how to use this feature, then continue reading this article because I am going to tell you everything you want to know about the unsend feature. Okay! Just follow me to know about how to unsend messages on your iPhone, iPad and Mac.  

But before I guide you on how to unsend iMessage, let me clear a few things with you all first. The things I want to clarify are:-

• I have already mentioned that in order to use the Unsend feature you must have IOS 16 and the IOS 16 is not out yet, it is currently in beta. The IOS 16 will be available for all of us later this fall. The feature also works on the latest iPadOS 16 macOS Venture developer beta updates. 
• In other words it means that if you try to unsend a text to someone using any other older IOS version then the text you wanted to undo will not be undone for the person on the other side and they are still going to see the text in the conversation.
• If the person on the opposite side is using iOS 16, the person will receive a notification that a message was unsent. Pretty painful right? that after you tried to be this sneaky and they are going to find out that you have unsent a text from the conversation. They are going to know about this without breaking a sweat but if they did not see the preview when the real text was delivered, they are not going to get any idea about this whole thing.
• One more painful thing about this matter is that the Unsend feature is only limited for up to 15 minutes after sending the message. What if you regret about the text that you sent after 15, what are you going to do? You will not be able to unsend the message. So, you have to make your mind about the message in under 15 minutes because you have not got all the time to correct your mistake and if you can not reach to a decision in under 15 minutes then just sit back and regret about it (or you can cry about it too)

How to unsend a message on iPhone 

In some very simple steps, let’s gain an understanding of how to unsend a message in iMessage on your iPhone. Well, here are the steps:

1. Very basic thing of course, first open the iMessage app on your iPhone or iPad and straight go to the conversation thread.
2. Now, find out the message you want to unsend and obviously regretting about.
3. Long press/hold on the message, a pop will show up 
4. Select the “Undo Send” option from the pop-up context menu and obviously you will not get the option to unsend a message on your iPhone if you sent the message 15 minutes ago. 
5. And boom! Bubble bursting animation will appear that represents the unsending process. The message will immediately disappear and you are also going to get an alert notification written – “You unsent a message.”

How to edit messages on iPhone

Editing is more convenient because instead of completely deleting your message, you can just make changes to it according to your choice. Change the words of the message according to one’s wish, pretty fun isn’t it? Here are the simple steps for you to follow to edit a message on your iPhone:

1. Very basic first thing to do of course, launch the iMessage app on your iPhone and straight go to the conversation thread.
2. You can edit an already existing message in your conversation thread  or start a new conversation. Now, select what you want to do
3. Long press/hold on the message, a pop will show up 
4. Select the “Edit” option from the pop-up context menu and obviously you will not get the option to edit a message on your iPhone if you sent the message 15 minutes ago. 
5. And now, make the edit of your choice.
6. Click on the blue checkmark to save your changes.
7. Your message has been successfully edited 

How to unsend a message on iPad

Well, the steps to unsend a message on iPad are the same as steps to iPhone. Well, here are the steps:

1. Very basic thing of course, first open the iMessage app on your iPad and straight go to the conversation thread.
2. Now, find out the message you want to unsend and obviously regretting about.
3. Long press/hold on the message, a pop will show up 
4. Select the “Undo Send” option from the pop-up context menu and obviously you will not get the option to unsend a message on your iPhone if you sent the message 15 minutes ago. 
5. And boom! Bubble bursting animation will appear that represents the unsending process. The message will immediately disappear and you are also going to get an alert notification written – “You unsent a message.”

How to edit messages on iPad

Editing a message on an iPad is the same as editing on an iPhone. So, the steps are also the same. Here are the simple steps for you to follow to edit a message on your iPad:

1. Very basic first thing to do of course, launch the iMessage app on your iPad and straight go to the conversation thread.
2. You can edit an already existing message in your conversation    thread  or start a new conversation. Now, select what you want to do
3. Long press/hold on the message, a pop will show up
4. Select the “Edit” option from the pop-up context menu and             obviously you will not get the option to edit a message on your iPad if you sent the message 15 minutes ago. 
5. And now, make the edit of your choice.
6. Click on the blue checkmark to save your changes.
7. Your message has been successfully edited 

How to unsend messages on your Mac

It is a hell lot easier to Un-doing an already delivered message in macOS ventura as compared to the iPhone. I have mentioned below on how to do it just follow the steps. Here are the steps:

1. Very basic thing of course, first open the iMessage app on your Mac. After the Messages app, go straight to the conversation thread.
2. Put the cursor on the message you want to unsend and right click on the message.
3. A pop will show up and select the “Undo Send” option from the pop-up context menu.
4. And boom! Just like the iPhone a  bubble bursting animation will appear that represents the unsending process. The message will immediately disappear and you are also going to get an alert notification written – “You unsent a message.”

How to edit messages on your Mac

The process to edit a message on your macbook or other mac devices is considerably similar to the procedure to your iPhone and iPad. I have mentioned below on how to do it just follow the steps. Here are the steps:

1. Launch the message app on your mac and straight go to the conversation thread.
2. Place your cursor on the message
3. Right click on the message or “Ctrl + left-click” on the message
4. A pop will show up and select the “Edit” option from the pop-up context menu  and obviously you will not get the option to edit a message on your mac if you sent the message 15 minutes ago. 
5. And now, make the edit of your choice.
6. Click on the blue checkmark to save your changes.
7. Your message has been successfully edited 

Conclusion

Everything you wanted to know about how to unsend a message on iPhone. One more thing that unsend and edit only works if the person on the other side is also using the iMessage app, it will not work if they are using android or any other device.

Also I wanted to clear out that iMessage does not keep the history of your messages so, if you delete or edit your message that old message is completely gone(gone, reduced to atoms hehe, pun). No need to worry about your privacy, your privacy is completely safe.

The new unsend delivered feature in iMessage launch in the IOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS ventura update information has already been listed above. With the fact that the Apple Messages app may not have got many improvements, the feature to edit the delivered message and delete the message of your choice on Mac and iPhone are honorable inclusion after all it is one your most loved app. We all use the message app to stay in touch with our loved ones(family, friends, colleagues and the love of your life).

The message app is one of our sources to communicate with them.  Also what do you all guys think about the newly included unsend and edit feature on Mac and iPhone? Please, do let us know your opinion about this newly included feature in the comments below.

Personally I wanted the limit to unsend or edit the message more longer like about 1-2 days because I am so dumb that it will take me this much time to realize anout my mistakes. Have fun editing and undoing a message as many times as you want in the 15 minutes.