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unread text badge icon won't go away

I have an unlocked iphone 4, running ios 7.0.3 & it is NOT jalibroken.
My text notifications on my messages app will not go away.
I receive a text, open it, respond and it still shows on my messages icon that I have unread texts.
I have tried pulling down my notifications and clearing them, didn't work.
I even deleted the texts but when I got new texts, the same thing happened.
I also have tried powering on and off and resetting my phone as well.
Any solutions? Thanks in advance!

iPhone 4, iOS 7.0.3, Unlocked

Posted on Nov 8, 2013 7:00 AM

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Billy-326

Level 1

5 points

Posted on Dec 28, 2014 6:48 PM

Okay i believe i found the fix all for this...

what you have to do is send yourself a text message first

then you have to go to your messaging thread (list of all messages)

once you receive the message you will see it says (1) next to "messages"

DO NOT select the unread message! swipe to the left and delete the unread message

hit the home button and the red 1 should disappear from the message badge icon

hope this works 🙂

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ManSinha

Level 6

12,223 points

Dec 30, 2014 7:32 PM in response to Roberts412098

Two options - (you may have already tried them)

1. Leave the Notification -> Badge --> Off overnight

2. Reset the phone

Dec 14, 2016 7:40 PM in response to baellis2

If you have your iPhone connected via cloud to your mac computer just open the text message app click on the unread message you have then click away or close message app and it should clear it on your computer and iPhone . Good luck.

pixiedei

Level 1

0 points

Aug 29, 2015 4:47 PM in response to Brunitou

Brunitou's method worked for me!

A note if you're still confused:

1) Send yourself a message from your PHONE and delete it W/O reading it on your COMPUTER's Messages app.

2) Send yourself another message from your PHONE and read it on your COMPUTER.

Notification badge gone!

baellis2 Author

Level 1

7 points

Nov 27, 2013 7:12 AM in response to reubenaz

It went off when I turned the badge icon off but then when I turned off my phone, went back to settings & turned the badge notification back on, the message number was still there. I deleted all texts and turned my phone off, when I turned the phone back on, all of the messages came back even though I just deleted them. NOW when I send a text, the text goes through but my phone still says "Sending..." and when I hit back to go to other messages, my message deletes and so does the other persons. The last message shown on the conversation is from yesterday even though more messages have been exchanged. IDK what's going on!! I'm probably just gonna have to suck it up and get a new iPhone..but in the meantime if you have any information, please let me know. This is driving me crazy!

baellis2 Author

Level 1

7 points

Nov 8, 2013 10:45 AM in response to Ralph9430

I've cleared all apps including the messages, and did a restart with the home button and power button..still didn't work. 😟

HoffUW

Level 1

0 points

Nov 12, 2013 7:39 AM in response to baellis2

I'm having the exact same problem. I dragged down the notifications, found the message, cleared it, reset my phone and the badge icon is still there.

Mar 26, 2014 4:18 AM in response to Ralph9430

Thank you for suggesting double click home key and swiping away messages app. When I returned, problem was solved.

Mar 26, 2014 4:38 PM in response to reubenaz

Thanks Reubenaz. That worked

May 28, 2014 11:52 PM in response to iRahmanUS

I've tried everything but this last option so will try it tonight. Thanks.. It does drive you mad though!

Evalas

Level 1

4 points

Sep 29, 2014 10:04 PM in response to revanth316

That worked for me. I was this close to resetting. Thanks, you saved me a major head ache.

Le Puck

Level 1

4 points

Dec 29, 2014 7:34 AM in response to Billy-326

Hi all, I tried this suggestion and now my message counter is stuck showing "9" (I have no saved messages). I'm on an iPhone 5s with iOS 8.1.2

Le Puck

Level 1

4 points

Dec 29, 2014 7:55 AM in response to Billy-326

I followed the instructions exactly and just tried it again. My message counter is now stuck at "10." Oh, well... this must be caused by a different problem.

Le Puck

Level 1

4 points

Dec 29, 2014 8:19 AM in response to Billy-326

I've restored my phone and it still didn't resolve the problem.

Dec 30, 2014 6:41 PM in response to Le Puck

I Have tried everything that has been listed and not one thing has worked!! I'm so frustrated!

Dec 31, 2014 6:16 AM in response to ManSinha

I Have tried that too and it didn't work. I even restored my phone and it came right back. Thanks for the help

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