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

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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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Feb 2, 2015 1:48 PM in response to Billy-326

Thanks Billy-326. This worked like a charm for me. 🙂

I tried all the other solutions, but none of them worked.

Alee16

Level 1

4 points

Apr 1, 2015 1:56 PM in response to Billy-326

Only thing that worked despite all other suggestions and tries. Thank you!!

Apr 26, 2016 7:47 PM in response to reubenaz

This worked for mail too. Thank you for your help.

May 6, 2016 8:57 AM in response to Ralph9430

Worked for me, thanks.

teachGr4

Level 1

4 points

May 22, 2016 8:37 AM in response to Billy-326

This worked for me on MacBook Pro. Thanks.

Jan 16, 2017 2:54 PM in response to Dagg3r

THANK YOU! This worked. Crisis averted

Feb 8, 2017 9:09 PM in response to Dagg3r

This solution worked like a CHAMP. Thank you so much!

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