When you delete a text does it delete on the other end?

When you delete a text does it delete on the other end?

If you have sent a text message (SMS), deleting the message from your phone will not delete the message from the recipient’s phone. Other messaging systems may let you delete the message, but then again, they may already have read it.

When you delete messages on your phone do they delete on your watch?

While many apps sync between the Apple Watch and iPhone, Messages is not one of them. Conversations you delete from the Watch will still be on your iPhone, and threads you clear on your phone may remain on your Watch.

Can you delete an iMessage on both ends?

There’s no option to delete the messages on both ends with the Messages app. Open the “Messages” app on your iPhone or iPad. If you want to delete an entire conversation, you can swipe left on any of the message threads within the app and tap on “Delete”. Now, you’ll be able to select the messages you want to delete.

Does deleting a message delete it for everyone?

When you choose this option, the message will be removed for you, but not for anybody else in the chat. As always, you can report conversations that violate our Community Standards. The remove message for everyone feature is available for Messenger users around the world on the latest versions of iOS and Android.

How do you delete text messages on both sides?

To delete messages on Messenger from both sides, hold the message, select “More…”, select “Remove”, and tap on “Unsend”. After you’ve tapped on “Unsend”, the message will be deleted from your side of the chat and the receiver’s side of the chat. The “Unsend” option means to delete the messages from both sides.

What happens to text messages when you delete them?

When you receive and send text messages, they’re sent through — and saved by — your service provider’s data network. Data is then maintained on the phone. Deleting these messages clears them from the visible display, but a small piece of data is still stored temporarily in the device’s system memory.

Why do text messages stay on my Iwatch when I delete them on my iPhone?

Message deletion is not synced across Apple Watch and iPhone and there is no way to enable this. Messages instead need to be deleted separately on each device. The Mirror my iPhone setting for Apple Watch determines only how you are notified about new messages.

Does deleting messages on iPhone delete them on Mac?

It sounds like a simple thing: All of your messages now sync to iCloud and sync across any device you enable, including iPhones, Macs, Apple Watches, and iPads. Also, if you delete a message on your phone, it will also disappear on your iPad or your Mac.

How do you get rid of messages on both sides on iPhone?

It’s easy to eliminate an entire conversation with just a swipe.

1. Open the Messages app.
2. Scroll through your messages until you find the conversation that you want to remove.
3. Swipe to the left until you see “Delete.”

When you delete text messages where do they go?

When you move messages around or delete them, the data actually stays put. All you’re doing is telling the phone to point at the files in different ways. Deleting a message from the inbox, for instance, just tells the phone not to point to it any more when it’s listing the contents of that folder.

Does deleting a text message delete it from the recipient’s phone?

If you have sent a text message (SMS), deleting the message from your phone will not delete the message from the recipient’s phone. Other messaging systems may let you delete the message, but then again, they may already have read it. Yes.

How do I Unsend a text message on my phone?

There isn’t an “unsend” option on your phone because text messages cannot be cancelled after you send them. There are some apps where you can unsend your message but texting isn’t one of them. You can delete every text message on your phone, but that wouldn’t affect anything that’s already on the receivers’ phones.

Can You retract a deleted text message without deleting it?

If you delete it on your phone it does not delete it from the recipients phone. You cannot retract a deleted message without restoring the entire phone backup and that is assuming that the message is contained in the backup. Can you retract a message that you have NOT deleted?

Can I delete messages sent to someone else on my iPhone?

Once it lands in someone else’s inbox, it is not your message anymore, it is theirs, and nobody else can remove it. You cannot affect the message on the other phone.