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Red audio symbol in iMessage text box

In only one of my text groups, I have this audio message symbol and I inadvertently sent a one-minute audio to a whole group of people (😬). Thank all that is holy I didn’t say anything bad or talk about anybody. I can’t figure out how to get rid of it!

Posted on Oct 29, 2023 8:50 AM

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Posted on Jan 9, 2024 7:42 AM

How do you get rid of red audio symbol in message text box. It is only one of my contacts that is affected

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Jan 3, 2024 11:31 AM in response to suegeo50

Tap on the microphone that is in the lower right corner, under the keyboard. This was really irritating me, and more than that, something near the top of the screen is activating voice message from within a conversation. It is really ******* me off, and I can’t figure out what it is and how to turn it off.

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Mar 19, 2024 6:23 PM in response to DiZoE

The red icon for audio message will not disappear in my text messaging. I have no microphone on the bottom right of my keyboard, and going into Settings, General, Keyboards, and turning off Enable Dictation does NOT make it disappear in my iPhone 14 Plus. Nothing is working!!!!! Any other suggestions? Thank you!

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Dec 30, 2023 6:43 AM in response to Lawrence Finch

Thank you for this advice. I am experiencing the same issue, however, I do not have the microphone icon, only the voice recording icon.

I’ve attempted to press it and hold it down hoping that it would disappear and the microphone icon will return, but it doesn’t happen.

Like the previous poster, it is only appearing in two different text message conversations (which I’d prefer not to delete).

Do you have any suggestions?


Thank you.


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Jan 24, 2024 2:15 AM in response to MattJayC

from what i’ve seen, the red appears after using the voice recording feature. whether it was an accident or not, the voice recording feature was used and i’m assuming imessage thinks you want to use it again, so it puts that button there for convenience. but clearly, it can be quite annoying

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Jan 9, 2024 8:36 AM in response to Biggoat123

I was about to post your exact issue and then (again) tried the microphone button. By turning it on (lower right of screen) and then turning it off via the microphone icon that appeared in the message line, the red audio symbol disappeared. Go figure. Good luck.

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Feb 14, 2024 6:51 PM in response to FTLOSM

Hey all!


If you don’t see the microphone icon on the bottom right, go to Settings > General > Keyboard and turn on “Enable Dictation”. In fact just turning on Dictation alone may get rid of the red audio symbol.


I believe it’s just a new feature/function, you can see it referenced in this article:


Send and receive audio messages on iPhone - Apple Support


Hope that helps!

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