The newest iOS 11.3 update enables a feature that asks if you're sure you want to delete a text message/iMessage once you choose the delete option. It's making me crazy! I tried searching through the settings to remove this deletion confirmation, but can't find anything on the topic. Is there any way to remove this feature?
iPhone 7 Plus, iOS 11.2.6, iOS 11.3
Dave in Oxford wrote:
Every so often Apple comes up with a "Feature" that so small and so annoying that begs the question as to whether they ever consult with a user. YES! Delete confirmation is an unnecessary addition to IOS and we can only hope that some security patch will remove it
No, Apple doesn't consult with users. Instead, they see what users do with their phones and often introduce features based on what they perceive as a real need. This is one such feature. Daily, multiple users come here to these user only forums begging for help to recover an accidentally deleted text message. In most cases, the only way to get the message back is to restore from backup, which often people simply don't have.
So, this very small change was introduced to help the countless thousands of users to ensure when they use swipe to delete that they truly do want to delete the message.
Are you aware there is another simple method to delete messages that will not ask you to confirm you want to delete? Yes, Apple provided the best of BOTH worlds to users. Simply use the Edit/Tap Messages(s)/Tap Trash icon and voila, message(s) delete without confirmation. That can't be any more cumbersome could it? It's three steps, just like it was before on swipe to delete.
briandallas wrote:
Totally... before deleting messages was a cumbersome level of 0.32, Now it's up to 0.36, maybe 0.37.
😁 - thank you for the timing info! Pretty much sums up this outrageous change that has affected so many lives in such an unacceptable way very clearly. I don't think it's going to stop the outrage, but it certainly provides some much-needed comic relief for the rest of us!
Cheers,
GB
sk274 wrote:
Open Messages in your iPhone, access a message conversation, touch and hold the message bubble that you want to delete, then tap More. Tap the delete icon, then tap Delete Message. If you want to delete all messages in the thread tap Delete All, in the upper-left corner. Then tap Delete Conversation.
That doesn't seem like a particularly viable solution for the people who are complaining about the fact that Apple added an additional step. Your suggestion adds even more steps.
Me too ! Why not standardize the way messages (e-mail & txt/iMessage) work. Why not create a “Trash” for txt/iMessage that keeps the last 30 days of messages ?
More power in my pocket than the computers I’ve grown up with, yet still have to confirm that I’m sure of what I’m doing....... And have no way to recover from it if I made a mistake..... Seems archaic.
No, actually it isn't. It used to be called Apple Discussions but the Terms of Use didn't describe that type of usage. It is a user-to-user technical support site and there are restrictions on what can be discussed. You might want to reread it.
BillyGT68 wrote:
I totally agree that I need the option at least to to turn confirmation off for deleting messages. I liked the old default of using no confirmation. I would love to just swipe the message away.
We really don't care what you agree with. We're not Apple and posting here will get you nothing. Tell Apple how you feel, not a group of other users.
BillyGT68 wrote:
I totally agree that I need the option at least to to turn confirmation off for deleting messages. I liked the old default of using no confirmation. I would love to just swipe the message away.
Interesting timing. Here's just ONE of the thousands of similar posts:
They aren't, you are probably following this thread. Look at the top right and see if you have a black box that says Following in it with a checkmark to the left of the word. If you do click on it and it will change to Follow.
The people who looked at all the posts here, Genius Bar visits and calls from people who accidentally deleted a text message and want to know how to get it back. And because iCloud Messages is coming soon.
I have a hard time trying to figure out what kind of idiot creates a shortcut and then adds another step to make it take longer than it did to start with. This is not only asinine, it is total idiocy. If it is necessary to protect the idiots out there, at least give us a way to turn it off.
Yes, I fully agree.
I *already* swiped the message left, then tapped delete.
Don't ask me if I'm really, really sure about that.
I already used two actions to tell you to delete the message, don't force me to make a third one.
And I've already left feedback.
We are all volunteers here, the moderators rarely post in the Forum. You will see Community Specialists who will answer questions that have not been responded to in 24 hours, they will have an Apple logo next to their name and their job title.
TheSidewinder wrote:
Are you employed by Apple, or a moderator/admin of this forum?
No I am not. Nevertheless, there are rules about what you can and cannot post on this forum, and a rant for the sake of a rant is against the TOU. You should read them.
GB
Maurerin wrote:
Me too!
You too what? I think you mean that you too did not bother to read the other messages in the thread you posted to, so you don’t know the posting in this user-to-user forum is a waste of time if you want to communicate with Apple.
shh22 wrote:
You are correct. Steve won’t have allowed something as stupid as not allowing the end user to disable the feature.
Are you talking about the same Steve Jobs that fixed the iPhone-4 problem by telling owners: "Just don't hold it that way?"
dlmsantiago wrote:
Going on record saying this is making me crazy as well.
If that makes you feel better, that's nice. Otherwise, Apple isn't here, isn't tracking your response and won't do anything because you "went on record."
iOS 11.3 - Delete Message Confirmation
