How do I fix 'Respond with text' using a UK number after traveling to Ireland?

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How do I fix 'Respond with text' using a UK number after traveling to Ireland?

Hello everyone

Hoping someone will be able to help me.

Two weeks ago I flew to Ireland for 24 hours for a funeral, since I have been back every time I have to send a text using ‘respond with text’ the phone takes the uk number and pops +353 in front of it making it an Irish number (obviously these texts bounce back!) I have tried many things to rectify the situation but cannot work out how to sort this out!

can anyone help?

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Original Title: Respond with text error

iPhone 16, iOS 26

Posted on Mar 26, 2026 9:37 AM

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SravanKrA

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Mar 27, 2026 12:02 AM in response to Qthefrex

Settings → General → Language & Region

Make sure Region = United Kingdom (or your actual country)
If it already is: Change it temporarily to another country (e.g., India)
- Restart phone
- Change it back to UK

This forces a reset of regional dialing rules.

Settings → General → Transfer or Reset iPhone → Reset → Reset Network Settings

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Qthefrex Author

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Mar 27, 2026 12:31 AM in response to SravanKrA

Have tried that unfortunately and tried again this morning - changed region to USA - fixed restart then changed back to uk and restarted again - still the same +353 on text - but thank you for trying

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