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Message App Shows Unread

I have a constant "1" on my Messages on my Apple Watch. There's nothing unread on my iPhone, iPad, or MacBook. I have scrolled and opened all of the messages on my Watch (there's no dot or anything indicating anything is unread). I've already tried restarting multiple times (all devices - not just Watch) and software is up to date across the board. Any idea what's going on?

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Posted on Jun 9, 2021 1:19 PM

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Posted on Jun 9, 2021 1:33 PM

The first (and simplest) thing to try if something isn’t working right (which I think you already have) is to restart your Apple Watch and its paired iPhone. If necessary (device not responding), try a forced restart. Both methods can be found here:

How to restart your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Restart your iPhone - Apple Support


If that doesn't help, the next steps would be to unpair and pair your watch again and restore from the backup just created. This should result in no loss of data. It deletes all temp and corrupted files and re-indexes the file system.

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Set up your Apple Watch - Apple Support


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Jun 9, 2021 1:33 PM in response to cathmiriam

The first (and simplest) thing to try if something isn’t working right (which I think you already have) is to restart your Apple Watch and its paired iPhone. If necessary (device not responding), try a forced restart. Both methods can be found here:

How to restart your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Restart your iPhone - Apple Support


If that doesn't help, the next steps would be to unpair and pair your watch again and restore from the backup just created. This should result in no loss of data. It deletes all temp and corrupted files and re-indexes the file system.

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Set up your Apple Watch - Apple Support


Message App Shows Unread

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