Phone App showing badge in error

After installing ;latest updates to my iPhone I now have a badge (solid red dot) on the phone app that will not go away. I have turned the badge notifications on and off, restarted the phone, turned all notification on and off and nothing is working to get rid of the badge. Any suggestions? thank you!

iPhone 7 Plus, iOS 15

Posted on Dec 8, 2022 3:40 PM

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