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.
But how much time does it save when it prevents the deletion of message by mistake?
The users who want to turn this feature off are probably the same ones that refuse to backup also because it takes too much time.
i keep hearing the same argument (over and over) from people who like this feature: "What is the point in saving a little time if it keeps you from accidentally deleting a message you want to keep?" If deletion actually occurs on all devices, then why can't they at least add the feature back onto Mac whereby I could search for the messages I KNOW I want to delete, hold "option" and click the message without having to confirm. Yes, I have submitted it to apple.
ANNOYING when you have to delete multiples!
Only if you let it be ANNOYING.
We here at Apple Support Communities recognize that you have a choice of 1st world issues to let raise your blood pressure.
This really shouldn't be top of the list.
LACAllen wrote:
ANNOYING when you have to delete multiples!
Only if you let it be ANNOYING.
We here at Apple Support Communities recognize that you have a choice of 1st world issues to let raise your blood pressure.
This really shouldn't be top of the list.
Housemates who use the last of the toilet paper and don't get another roll from the linen closet are much more annoying.
LACAllen wrote:
IdrisSeabright wrote:
don't get another roll from the linen closet are much more annoying.
Somewhat afraid to ask ... but... over or under once deployed?
Depends on the absence or presence of cats.
Over and, because we have free standing holders, it also needs to be turned the right way or the roll slides off when you pull on it.
Fortunately, the cat isn't interested in toilet paper, just the empty cardboard rolls.
gail from maine wrote:
If saving nanoseconds of time is that critical to you, then it would be a good idea to figure out where you are wasting those nanoseconds by using inferior methods for achieving the same ends.
Best,
GB
Think of the hundreds of messages that could have been deleted in the time it took to post a whiney message in ASC that will not affect anything in the world.
Bonhamet wrote:
I’m glad you agree. Too many people are having a problem with this. So far over 1500 people agree that this is an issue. There was a time when Apple set itself apart from everyone else.
I don't agree. I think this feature is essential now that Apple has introduced iMessage syncing.
I'm just tired of people complaining about it here.
igniter813 wrote:
Are you able to sync up your text messages with your watch so that only the current messages are showing on the watch?
iCloud synging for Messages has not yet been extended to the Apple Watch.
igniter813 wrote:
I just spoke to Apple tech support and they said this is not an issue with series 3. Why wouldn't they fix it for all series I stead of just the newer one. That's *****.
Either the person who told you that made a mistake or you misunderstood. iCloud message syncing is only available (at the time of this writing) for iPads, iPhones and Macs. See Apple's own support document:
Fitnfun604 wrote:
Of all the stupid “New Features” coming out on the weekly iOS updates... THIS IS BY FAR... the DUMBEST and MOST ANNOYING.
Hopefully The so called R n D department reads these threads
If you had actually read this thread, you would know 1) why the feature is important and 2) that the the only Apple employees who read these threads are the forums hosts. The link for giving feedback to Apple has been provided repeatedly in this thread. I will leave as an exercise to the reader to find it.
I’m a product manager/application designer and this is aweful. One cardinal rule is use as few clicks/steps necessry to perform an action. I hate this “new feature”!
Please revert this change!! Seems more like a bug to me.
Lunardays wrote:
I’m a product manager/application designer and this is aweful. One cardinal rule is use as few clicks/steps necessry to perform an action. I hate this “new feature”!
Please revert this change!! Seems more like a bug to me.
Most of your fellow users don't care whether or not you like the feature. And, obviously, you didn't bother to read the thread or you'd understand why the feature is important. And, the other thing you would have discovered if you'd read the thread is how to tell Apple what you think.
rbrylawski wrote:
As a product designer, one would think a cardinal rule would be to read the thread you’re commenting to understand why this change was made. Clearly you did not.
I guessing whoever they work for doesn't have the same hiring standard as Apple.
IdrisSeabright wrote:
rbrylawski wrote:
As a product designer, one would think a cardinal rule would be to read the thread you’re commenting to understand why this change was made. Clearly you did not.
I guessing whoever they work for doesn't have the same hiring standard as Apple.
Clearly not.
iOS 11.3 - Delete Message Confirmation
