How can I turn off voice messaging inside iMessage? I’m not talking about dictation. That setting is off. I mean the ability to accidentally hit the sound icon to the right side of the message prompt. It is way too easy to accidentally hit that while reading someone’s message and then randomly sending them everything my mic pics up.
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iPhone 6, iOS 11
There is no option to completely remove the red icon beside the message field. However, it would be convenient to have an option to turn it off completely, as I also sometimes mistakenly start a voice recording. What you can do to lessen the chances of accidentally recording a voice message is to turn off the Raise to Listen option, or turn on the Dictation option, which will replace the red icon with a microphone. This microphone icon is not easily triggered, and you have to hold it down. For the steps, you can also read this guide for more information on the issue: Fix Automatic Audio Recordings in iMessage
Still not possible to turn off the wavy lines icon that record a sound.
I am on iOS 17.3.1.
Click on the message field to get the keyboard up. On the bottom right hold down that mic icon then release and it resets it to normal. It is totally annoying.
I figured this out are you going to settings to messages, then click the raise to listen option to off. Trust me this is what works.
Yes, I figured this out. You need to disable the raise to listen feature in settings.
My IT & S people told me to just turn off iMessage. You will still get texts.
Go to General, Keyboard and scroll down to Enable Dictation
Apple made this very difficult for sure with very bad advice. But when you begin typing those red lines go away and the green UP arrow will appear. When you tap the green arrow it will be sent as a regular text. Always TYPE first then get the green up arrow, then it gets sent as regular text.
It doesn’t. It replaces voice message with the mic for dictation. On the latest update, Apple hit everyone with the mandatory change here. If you found a way to disable the mic in iMessage before because it’s an annoying feature, the don’t worry! Now Apple has made it so that voice recognition (whose red lines cannot be removed from iMessage text box), which is EVEN MORE ANNOYING, cannot be removed. So now you’ll turn on dictation to prevent even more embarrassing accidents. Apple NNEDA TO CORRECT THIS BY ALLOWING US TO DISABLE BOTH THE DICTATION FEATURE in iMessage AND the Voice Recognition and messaging feature!!!
I have been dealing with this issue for a while. Today I went to General> Keyboard and disabled dictation. Then, I re-enabled dictation and the red sound wave went away. Not sure why that worked.
I found this useful. It doesn't totally disable but it keeps me from accidentally doing so. https://ios.gadgethacks.com/how-to/simple-way-stop-your-iphone-from-sending-unwanted-audio-messages-0304374/
I think I may have figured this out. Tap the microphone icon on the bottom right of the keyboard, underneath the “Return” button. The microphone is now listening for you to speak. Tap it again and the sound waves icon went away for me. I’m on an iPhone 13 Pro.
this worked for me. First you have to go to keyboards settings, 'enable dictation' then you'll get the microphone icon back at the bottom right of the txt keyboard. then do as above says. then you can go back and disable the dictation feature. all is well 👍 (iphone 13 mini OS 17.2.1)
Black_gadget wrote:
Apple, and Microsoft, need to make it easier to disable features we don’t want that cause problems.
I don't know what Microsoft has to do with this. But, you can let Apple know what you'd like to see on Apple products here:
YES! There is a way - to turn off the Red squiggles in Messages!
I accidentally turned it on today, and it is so annoying!
I turned on when I ‘TURNED OFF’ - Enable Dictation!!
So, after an hour of research, trial & error…
I decided to go back & TURN ON -
ENABLE DICTATION!!
Amen!!
Old blue microphone 🎤 Is Back!!
And I never accidentally hit that!!
FIXED:
Go to Settings -> General -> Keyboards-> go all the way down to
DICTATION -> Click ENABLE DICTATION …. Done!
If You further want to Turn Off the Microphone (Blue)… there a tons of videos on You tube to Remove that as well!!
Uskimborik wrote:
Apple change your keyboard ASAP. Literally the most annoying feature of IOS
Apple doesn't read here in this user-to-user forum for feedback or suggestions. You can, however, let them know your thoughts here:
Meanwhile, consider using one of the many third-party keyboards available in the App Store.
How can I disable voice message feature?
