Messages count on iCloud (incorrect?)

Hey there!

Even though the Messages app on iOS does not display messages, iCloud states that one message is synced.

Can I check which one that is and completely erase it?

Thank you!





Posted on Mar 4, 2025 8:15 AM

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Posted on Mar 15, 2025 12:39 PM

Ok I can’t believe I figured this out. I spent maybe 5 hours on this **** and figured out so much about how message works. Long story short, in your case, there actually isn’t one message in the cloud, it is indeed 0 as indicated by the 0KB storage. The reason is that the count simply wouldn’t go to 0. If you have 4 messages in the cloud and you delete all 4 in one instance, the count would stay at 4. Freaking amazing coding.

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Mar 15, 2025 12:39 PM in response to nikolas.grigoriou

Ok I can’t believe I figured this out. I spent maybe 5 hours on this **** and figured out so much about how message works. Long story short, in your case, there actually isn’t one message in the cloud, it is indeed 0 as indicated by the 0KB storage. The reason is that the count simply wouldn’t go to 0. If you have 4 messages in the cloud and you delete all 4 in one instance, the count would stay at 4. Freaking amazing coding.

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