Messages App Shows Unread Messages But I Can't Find Them

Assuming that you have iOS 16.....In Messages, tap in the upper left corner on "Filters". You should see a listing, for "Unread Messages". Does it show that you have 121 (or whatever) unread messages?

Another thing you can try is to ask Siri to read you your unread messages.

Msl52 wrote:

I have a unread message line under my messages how I can get it off

Assuming that you have iOS 16.....In Messages, tap in the upper left corner on "Filters". You should see a listing, for "Unread Messages". Does it show that you have 121 (or whatever) unread messages?

Another thing you can try is to ask Siri to read you your unread messages.

Ok...

I had the same problem. Here is what happened:

I tried everything except for asking Siri to "read my unread text messages". Being unable to solve the issue and seeing message numbers increasing, I decided to give it a try.

Tip: Try turning on "type to siri" because after reading messages, Siri asks if you want a reply, sometimes, even if I yelled "Nooo!" it did not detect, but typing no always worked.

Anyway, with a little patience, I managed to get the unread msg counter down by about 200 (took half an hour, as Siri read spam sms messages from the same sender in a chain).

Seeing that it worked, I decided to do this whenever I had the time.

But...suddenly, after Siri read about 200 msg, today several hundred messages in like 20-30 conversations "reappeared" and I deleted most of them manually.

There are still 85 invisible messages hiding somewhere, but I am sure Siri will find and read them or they will re-appear after Siri locates conversations.

This is how it worked for me...

Also I would like to report this to Apple Admins here as this seems to me as a bug that needs to be addressed.

Hope it is helpfull...

Had this on my Mac messages but not phone or other devices. on my Mac clicked Siri and asked to read unread messages and then it went away.

Please see the two Pics Below which are self-explanatory

Pic 1 --> I tested to check your claim. It turned out that unread messages if not read will appear as shown below. iPhone 12 Pro iOS 16.6

Pic 2 --> Check the Message Setting on your device may be it is be changed as shown in the pic below.

I have checked the filters AND I am still showing “2” unread messages on the message app display BUT NOT in the filters.

I also went thru EVERY message & contact to see if anything with a sticker or something was unread. That reduced a few. But still WONKY.

I have 2 unread messages that I asked Siri to show me, she says I have no unread messages. I do not have a laptop or computer to do anything with.

How can I get rid of this message showing 2 unread texts? I just got a new phone and it transferred over to the new phone too!!! Please help me, it’s driving me crazy!!!

I have same issue and my app shows 23 unread messages. But when I ask siri to read messages, it says something is wrong, try again later. And in filter mode, there is no unread messages in unread section.

Also have 8 “unread” messages. Have the filter thing but I still can’t find them. If anyone could help it would be much appreciated

I have a unread message line under my messages how I can get it off

IdrisSeabright…that was a great suggestion to have Siri read unread messages! It worked and cleared that one message! Thank you!

That was an excellent suggestion to have Siri read unread messages. It worked for me! Thank you!

I'm glad it helped.

Thankyou so much Randy it worked perfectly asking Siri.you are the best

Nothing helped, but then Siri solved it 🙌🏽💯