How to edit messages on iPhone

The native Messages app on iPhone lets you easily edit sent texts. This way, you can correct your mistakes, punctuation, and even autocorrect wrong phrases/words that may have been applied to your text.

In this article, we will learn how to edit messages on iPhone.

How to Edit Messages on iPhone

• Required: iPhone running iOS 16 or later.

You can only edit iMessage text on the Messages app, and then only within 15 minutes of sending the original text. Non-iMessage text is not supported, so they cannot be retrieved or edited.

1. Launch the Messages app on your iPhone.
   
2. In Messages, select the conversation from which you want to edit the message.
   
3. When the conversation loads, find the message you want to edit and long press it.
   
4. When you do this, an overflow menu will appear on the screen. On this menu, click Edit.
   
5. The selected message will now appear in the text box with the keyboard shown at the bottom.
   
6. Now, make necessary corrections to the text and click on the checkmark icon on the right to save the changes.
   
7. When you save edited text, the new text will appear in the conversation with an "Edited" label underneath it.
   

If you want to make further corrections to an edited message, you can repeat these steps to edit the same message. You can edit a message sent up to 5 times within 15 minutes of sending the original message.

What happens when you edit a message in iMessage?

When you edit a message, your changes will be immediately visible as soon as you click the checkmark icon. This change will be reflected on all devices involved in the conversation. During the editing process, the content of the original message will appear in the conversation, and once changes are made, both you and the recipient will now see the newly edited message in place of the original message.

The only difference here is that new messages will be accompanied by an "Edited" tag underneath the related message. Both you and the recipient can view the original message and subsequent versions by clicking on this "Edited" label.

How long can I edit a sent message?

You can only edit sent messages for a maximum of 15 minutes. You can make up to 5 changes to the original message within this time frame. Once either of these two limits is reached, the editing options will disappear from the overflow menu when you long-press on a sent message.

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