Frozen text alert bubble

The red bubble on my text messages app is frozen at a certain number. I have already viewed the texts repeatedly. To try and fix this, I tried rebooting and shutting down with no luck. How do I fix this?

Posted on Mar 23, 2020 3:57 PM

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Posted on Mar 24, 2020 4:59 PM

Good afternoon tea321,


Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!


I understand you are seeing notifications for the Messages app that are not going away after you have read them. I would suggest quitting Messages and turning off all notifications on your device. Then restart your iPhone to refresh it and reestablish a connection to the internet.


How to force an app to close on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Change notification settings on iPhone - iPhone User Guide

Restart your iPhone


Then, enable notifications again for Messages and test.

Use notifications on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

Please reply back to this thread and let me know if the issue persists after trying these steps.


Take care.







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Mar 24, 2020 4:59 PM in response to tea321

Good afternoon tea321,


Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!


I understand you are seeing notifications for the Messages app that are not going away after you have read them. I would suggest quitting Messages and turning off all notifications on your device. Then restart your iPhone to refresh it and reestablish a connection to the internet.


How to force an app to close on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Change notification settings on iPhone - iPhone User Guide

Restart your iPhone


Then, enable notifications again for Messages and test.

Use notifications on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

Please reply back to this thread and let me know if the issue persists after trying these steps.


Take care.







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