after IOS 16.2 for iPhone: Timestamps are not being deleted for Manually deleted messages.

Another update as of today and still nothing is fixed! Apple engineers are a joke! This is the 2nd time they’ve done this with updates. It happened in iOS 8 if I remember it took till iOS 12 to get it fixed! They aren’t listening and it’s frustrating cause we the users never suggested the change in the first place! I hope someone gets a clue and fixes it soon!

Any luck with contact from or with Apple? Here again 17.3.1, nothing has changed and nothing seems to be talked about… Rather annoyed as they don’t seem to read the feedback messages I send from the Apple.com/feedback…

I thought I was losing my mind over the past several months. I’m glad I googled this to see it’s an issue that needs to be fixed.

It is very triggering to see my ex’s contacts name at the top of messages after I delete it. I don’t want to delete the whole thread, just some to have the name not show up in my face!!!!

WTH!!!!

Apple?!?! We pay too much for your phones to deal with this issue

Fix it!!!

The only way to get things like this fixed it to submit feedback to apple. Engineers don't read these forums, you must fill out the FORM here: Feedback - iPhone - Apple

Timestamps for manually deleted messages are STILL NOT being deleted, which causes the

conversations to remain out of their correct chronological order...

Again, fill this out: Feedback - iPhone - Apple

Has anyone found any other way to delete timestamp? What about restarting?

I’ve been waiting for them to update this for too long. Any was to get Apples attention to fix this?

If there is, they’re not listening! They need to fire and hire someone else that doesn’t try to fix things that are not broken… just downloaded 17.3.1 and still it doesn’t fix it, it’s a big joke!

Another update 7.4.1 and still no change.

This is ridiculous! Apple needs to fix their ****

Tell me Apple has gone down hill since Steve Jobs passed without telling me. A billion dollar company and over a year has passed but no progress. Please make it so when you delete a message, it removes the reaction from the deleted message. I’m sure you have. blood on your hands from abusive/toxic relationships but I’m sure you don’t care. Is it that hard to find someone who can fix this issue?

Hey guess what?! Another update to 17.4 and nothing new with messaging, like the presidential administration we have at present nothing gets done right and seems to screw all of us cause some idiot that pushes pencils and input 0’s and 1’s can’t seem to fix what wasn’t broken in the 1st place! This is getting ridiculous! C’mon Apple get it together, put one in for the big win, get a notepad and pencil, get involved with what your customers want!

Apple this needs to be taken care of. I have a coworker that won’t stop texting me despite me not responding and my partner demands to read my texts. I’m in a bad domestic situation I can’t up and leave from and this is actively harming me. What are you doing??

Is there an update coming for this?? I like to organize my texts by level of importance and deleting texts to move messages down is key. Why was this terrible change made in the first place. Please at least create an option to choose how this works in Settings. Thanks

Still nothing has changed! Apple engineers and whoever monitors this have trouble breathing apparently, cause their heads are stuffed where the sun doesn’t shine and don’t seem to want to listen to their customers. There’s a reason the saying if it isn’t broken don’t fix it was coined and this only exemplifies that! Fix the issue make people happy keep customers, simple…

They have a feedback section and seemingly my requests go unanswered as well. Apple

com/feedback

send and resend and resend till they get your point!

This time stamp issue needs to get resolved please..