Turn off Report Junk in iMessage on iPhone

I've read it doesn't really do anything when you report it, just put it in the deleted items. However you can bring it back by going to Edit / Show Recently Deleted.

Having an option to invoke the reporting (like holding down on the message or sliding) would have been a much better idea than making it part of the normal flow of deleting.

After updating to IOS 16, i am required to choose 1) to report or 2) not to report junk on any text I wish to delete that does not have a sender in my contact list. i want to turn this filtering off. I get many legitimate texts from entities that are not in my contact list. I find this additional filtering step to be excessive and overly aggressive and a time waster.

doc-mxc wrote:

After updating to IOS 16, i am required to choose 1) to report or 2) not to report junk on any text I wish to delete that does not have a sender in my contact list. i want to turn this filtering off. I get many legitimate texts from entities that are not in my contact list. I find this additional filtering step to be excessive and overly aggressive and a time waster.

You should let Apple know how you feel:

Product Feedback - Apple

It is actually even worse because first you have to click on the red thing and then move your finger to click on the blue thing

if you dont move your finger and click again, it just reports it as junk mail and may filter things in the future without you knowing

I just hit “report as junk” to a text from my medical provider that I wanted to delete. I hate this feature. Apple seems bent on adding options we don’t want, don’t need and didn’t ask for in the first place.

Turn. This. Feature. Off!

Pculig wrote:

. Apple are you listening?

Yes, Apple certainly was listening to the millions of complaints that there was no way to report text messages as junk. So they added a way. I guess you can’t please everyone.

cburg59 wrote:

True, you can't please everyone, but an "Opt in/Opt out" feature would. Per your earlier and helpful suggestion, I submitted my complaint and solution to Product Feedback.

I will, also. Apple isn’t big on too many options, but a better implementation is still called for. I’ve gotten used to it, but I don’t like it.

Your “at the very least “ would not be at all acceptable. Some of the other suggestions are really what is needed such as when you slide to delete have an option for delete and an option for reporting is junk.

This feature is absolutely horrible. I have accidentally hit report junk so many times. I am looking for a way turn it off as well, but as we all know….Apple knows what is good for us (lol). If I miss a future text because of an inadvertent thumb strike I may just go Android. This could be a gamechanger for me. I get many texts daily from multiple people in different facets of my life. Not everyone is in my contact list. The problem is that if they are it just says delete. If they aren’t then the report junk come up, but I am so accustomed to hitting the delete that I have way too many “oh, s&@(t” moments. FIX THIS APPLE!

If by useless you mean you didn't have a clue you weren't addressing Apple at all here, then OK, I guess it's useless. If you thought expressing your anger at other users on a feature no one here added or no one here can change, then yes, its useless. But if you actually take the time to use the feedback link I provided, where you can tell Apple how you feel and it will actually be read, I guess it's not useless after all.

If you read the thread you posted to you would find that it is pointless to post "Apple please fix this with an option” because Apple doesn’t participate in this user-to-user forum or look here for requests or suggestions. That’s what this link is for→Product Feedback - Apple, that was also in the post right above yours.

Yeah, PLEASE provide an option for the user to turn this off completely. While you're at it.

1. The user should also be able to turn off the App Library screen in its entirety. I don't want to swipe into Apple BS territory ever time I am swiping around my app screens. If you want to really help, add more app screens. When I want it (almost never), I'll turn it back on.
2. Ditto Notification screen in its entirety. (Two settings, the first turn off notifications globally, and second switch to hide notification screen). When I want info, I'll go find it. In the meantime, don't waste my time with yet another Apple BS screen I have to accidentally swipe into.

Don't use either (well I did delete a third of my apps after seeing how many apps I had that I never use).

Did you read the thread you just posted to? Likely not. Had you read it, you'd realize you are only writing other users on a user to user only forum. You haven't addressed anyone from Apple and no one other than other users who may agree with you (or not) will see what you've written.

Since you didn't read the thread through, let me help you, by providing the only path your thoughts will be heard by Apple. Use this link --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple

Yes - this "feature" is 100% garbage. I have accidentally reported more than a few messages that are not junk. It's not that hard to enter a few more lines of code to allow us to turn it off. All the extra steps apple adds in iOS when they update are annoying. Things that used to be a one swipe or one tap step turned into 2-3 steps. Stop 'fixing' things that aren't broken. You want to focus on something? Fix the barrage of spam I have been getting in my iCloud mail.