My iphone shows two unread text messages but no unread messages

Try looking through your messages to see if there are any messages where you may have typed a response but not sent the message. * Also make sure there are no spaces, where it appears empty but there is a space to show a message in progress. Some users report this was the issue.

Another sugguestion I have seen is to disable Settings > Notfications > Messages > "View in Lock Screen".

JoseJValenca is RIGHT. The red badge was still showing for me even after I deleted ALL of my messages. I'm with Verizon so I dialed #225 so that they would send me the text showing my balance. Once I received I opened it and deleted it and that made the red badge showing 7 unread messages go away.

Same F****** thing here. Can you fix this probleme APPLE INC. please ?????????????

Iphone 4 : IOS 5.1.1.

One way I solved this is I have TMBOILE & they send those free PAYMENT REMINDER TEXT MESSAGES & DELETE ANY SPAM COMPANY OR OTHER TEXT MESSAGES FROM COMPANIES . I DELETED THE TMOBILE THREAD AND HAD THREE FALSE UNREAD TEXT AND THAT SOLVED THE PROBLEM

I tried everything until I saw this post, which worked!

The red badge was still showing for me even after I deleted ALL of my messages. I'm with Verizon so from my iphone I dialed #225 so that they would send me the text showing my balance. Once I received the text I opened it, then I went out, hit edit and deleted it, then went to home screen and that made the red badge showing 2 unread messages go away. There must have been unread but deleted messages from Verizon floating around somewhere.....

Try going into

Settings > Notifications > Messages > and Toggle Bagge App Icon off and then back on. See if that clears them out.

Same here. iPhone 4, 5.1.1, two phantom messages; killed app, restarted phone, no effect.

It works but as soon as I turn it back ON the red badge reappears..

Thanks for the tips but it doesn't works.. I think I'm gonna switch to Samsung Galaxie. Enough is enough

WOW yes I have AT&T-- just cleared my text thread with them and the red badge went away!! Hallelujah.

Hmmm..I have Verizon also and just tried this and it didn't work for me..Still showing 7 unread messages 😟