No unread messages, but my messages badge still has a huge number!

I have no unread messages in my messages app but the badge still says 128! I tried a solution from another thread and it didn't work. This is what I tried.


"How to restart your iPhone X, 11, 12, 13, or later

  1. Press and hold either volume button and the side button until the power-off slider appears.
  2. Drag the slider, then wait 30 seconds for your device to turn off. If your device is frozen or unresponsive, force restart your device.
  3. To turn your device back on, press and hold the side button (on the right side of your iPhone) until you see the Apple logo."


After the iPhone restarts, go ahead and enable the Badge App Icon setting.


This did not work. Anyone able to help? Thank you.

iPhone 13 Pro Max

Posted on Apr 27, 2023 8:09 AM

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Posted on Jul 28, 2023 10:08 AM

I looked forever before I found something that actually worked. The only fix I found is to ask Siri "Read me my unread messages" she'll read out all of the lost/hidden messages that are still showing as unread. When she's done it will finally show zero unread messages.

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Dec 20, 2023 6:07 AM in response to awallen44

Hey,

For all the folks who are using Siri to read all the hidden messages(tons of them). and don't want to say no every single time. then please follow the below steps

go to Setting>notifications>Message>customize Notification>Repeat alerts and set it to never.


After doing this go to your message(make sure you go to the filter and select all messages) click on the 3 dots on the top right then click on Select Messages, then click on Read all.

This should remove all the unread messages or hidden message badges.


PS Apple is sh*t for not fixing this for a while now

Dec 31, 2023 1:20 AM in response to awallen44

I’ve cracked it 🤘

Simply deep scroll your messages till the eternal end of messages. Then click “select messages” from “…” on top.


press read all and wait patiently. My 4076 msgs took approx 70secs to clear all.


This error usually happens when you import msgs from old device. Hit like if you find this useful

No unread messages, but my messages badge still has a huge number!

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