I am in the United Kingdom. My 2 family members and I have all updated our iPhones (8, 11 and 13 mini) to IOS 16.0. None of us are able to mark iMessages as unread by either swiping right or long-press. The long-press menu doesn’t include anything to do with the message being able to mark it unread.
Is this a region problem or do we have to switch it on?
Grateful for any help here.
iPhone 13 Mini
Hi kareng12
Had a chat session with Apple and everything is now sorted, thank you.
The problem lay in the fact that I thought that you could mark individual messages as unread, but it's only the entire conversation.
Thanks for all the help. Case closed!
Kevin
Hi kareng12
Had a chat session with Apple and everything is now sorted, thank you.
The problem lay in the fact that I thought that you could mark individual messages as unread, but it's only the entire conversation.
Thanks for all the help. Case closed!
Kevin
Hi Kevin_Frost,
If you haven't done so yet, try some of the other methods for marking messages as unread from this article: Keep track of conversations in Messages on iPhone
Mark messages as unread
You can mark conversations as unread so you can return to them later when you have time to respond.
In the Messages list, swipe right on a conversation to mark it as unread. Or drag right and tap.
To see a list of your unread messages, you must first turn on Filtering. Go to Settings > Messages, scroll down to Message Filtering, then turn on Filter Unknown Senders.
Tip: You can also mark several messages as unread at once. Tap, tap Select Messages, select the conversations you want to mark as unread, then tap Unread in the bottom-left corner.
If those steps don't help, restart your devices and try again. This may seem like a simple step, but it can correct some issue.
Best regards.
Hi Kevin_Frost,
Thanks for trying those steps. Since the issue remains, we suggest that you reach out to Apple Support directly.
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Hi MVegas21
Thanks for the suggestion. Had tried everything suggested above except reboot. Have done that now, but still not able to mark iMessages unread. I suppose it will be best to wait until 16.1.
All 3 phones in the family are exhibiting the same problem.
Kevin
You're welcome kareng12. We're glad we could help. Feel free to reach back out if you have any further questions or issues with an Apple device or service.
Have an excellent day!
IOS 16 iMessages - unable to mark unread
