I have an iPhone an I watch and an iPad. Well I received an iMessage, I receive on all devices. When I hit the delete key it deletes on all devices.
However some messages, I think mainly SMS Are received across all devices. However I have to delete them on each device separately. That bothers me. Anything I can do to have them deleted across all devices simultaneously? Thanks for any suggestions
iPad Pro, iPadOS 14
Hello Danzo,
Thanks for asking the Apple Support Communities about SMS and iMessages.
iMessages delete as they are linked with your Apple ID. SMS Messages are from your cellular provider. About iMessage and SMS/MMS - Apple Support
To get everything to sync across, you need to use Messages in iCloud: Use Messages in iCloud - Apple Support
Make sure you maintain iCloud storage: Manage your iCloud storage - Apple Support
"If you run out of iCloud storage, your device won’t back up to iCloud, new photos and videos won't upload to iCloud Photos, and iCloud Drive, other iCloud apps, and text messages won't stay up to date across your devices. And you can't send or receive emails with your iCloud email address."
To buy more iCloud storage: Upgrade your iCloud storage plan - Apple Support
Cheers.
Hello Danzo,
Thanks for asking the Apple Support Communities about SMS and iMessages.
iMessages delete as they are linked with your Apple ID. SMS Messages are from your cellular provider. About iMessage and SMS/MMS - Apple Support
To get everything to sync across, you need to use Messages in iCloud: Use Messages in iCloud - Apple Support
Make sure you maintain iCloud storage: Manage your iCloud storage - Apple Support
"If you run out of iCloud storage, your device won’t back up to iCloud, new photos and videos won't upload to iCloud Photos, and iCloud Drive, other iCloud apps, and text messages won't stay up to date across your devices. And you can't send or receive emails with your iCloud email address."
To buy more iCloud storage: Upgrade your iCloud storage plan - Apple Support
Cheers.
hello Danzo,
Thanks for the reply. Sorry if I was not clear. To make this work the way you want, you should enable Messages in iCloud.
The article states: Use Messages in iCloud - Apple Support
"iCloud keeps your entire message history updated and available on all your devices, even when you set up a brand-new device."
Thanks and have a wonderful day.
Hello Danzo,
Thanks for clarifying. Since this is not working as described, please contact Apple Support to check this out with you.
Contact - Official Apple Support
Thanks and have a wonderful day.
Apologize I’m not making myself clear - my bad.
I do have all msgs in iCloud. With 2 terabytes of storage, I have plenty of space. There are traffic messages I get from my county, messages from pillboxes reminding me to take my pills and others that I don’t want to have on my devices as unread or visible after I have read them on any device.
After I read a message on one device, I want it to be shown as read on all devices. If It is an iMessage, it works perfectly. If it is other than an iMessage, it continues to show as unread on all the other devices unless/until I go into each device and click on that message. I was hoping there was a way that text messages (other than I messages) would show as read on my other devices I CPE I read it on one device.
Thanks for your answer.
I have plenty of storage to my iCloud account. My iMessages delete fine. But messages to me from other than iPhones show up just fine across all my devices.
However, deleting them from one device still leaves them on all the other devices. That drives me crazy.
If I read into your answer, you are saying that only iMessages will delete across devices. Other messages received have to be deleted separately from each device. That’s a pain when you have five devices, some of which you only use once every month
SMS messages don’t delete across all devices
