Text message forwarding option no longer available

Never worry about ”asking”, it’s how we learn, as Greg‘s replied it’s under “Send & Receive” the fourth down in screen shot.

Tap and you will see your Apple ID shown at the top, or section to log back in if not already logged in.

Your getting a lot of advice now, so don’t worry, just take your time and try each suggestion in turn.

Log out on all of your devices.

Turn iMessages off on all of your devices. Just for kicks, restart them all. Verify that they are all logged into the same Apple ID. Verify they are all connected to data (wifi or cellular). Enable iMessages on your iPhone. Once it's completely enabled, enable it on all of your other devices. Then, on your iPhone, go to Messages. Do you now see Text Message Forwarding? If you don't, I'd suggest resetting all settings. Settings>General>Reset>Reset All Settings. It's kind of annoying but it may help resolve the issue.

Sexy Kitty wrote:

...There is no “log out” feature. It’s just a matter of moving the iMessage toggle button from on to off.

To logout go to Settings/Messages/Send & Receive, and tap your Apple ID at the top, you will then get options.

if you are not seeing the option to forward, your id is not detected as logged in on the other device.. Make sure your mac or iPad is signed in with the same apple id and you should be good, seems like you are trouble shooting the wrong device, issue is likely not the phone.

Look on your phone and make sure your iPad is still listed under the devices that are allowed to do Text Message Forwarding (Settings -> Messages.)

If it is still enabled, try shutting it off for your iPad and then turning it back on.

I‘ve had similar happen before following updates, even if all your devices show that they are logged in, sometimes the update process “severs” the Messages link. The easiest is to logout of Messages on all your devices (as per previous post) then log back in, starting with your iPhone, when the others are also logged back in you should then see them appear under “Text Message Forwarding” which you can enable.

ps. I’ve read when logging out of Messages it might pay to restart device before logging back in again.

if you go into the send and recieve section on the ipad in settings > messages you will see "use your apple id" if you do sign in.. if you see your apple id listed.. tap it and sign out

then sign in again

the issue is 100% your ipad not being signed in on showing as on line by the phone... thats why it does not offer the forward option, nothing to forward it to

Turn iMessages off on all of your devices. Just for kicks, restart them all. Verify that they are all logged into the same Apple ID. Verify they are all connected to data (wifi or cellular). Enable iMessages on your iPhone. Once it's completely enabled, enable it on all of your other devices. Then, on your iPhone, go to Messages. Do you now see Text Message Forwarding? If you don't, I'd suggest resetting all settings. Settings>General>Reset>Reset All Settings. It's kind of annoying but it may help resolve the issue.

I had this problem too. Try playing around with toggling settings/messages/“send as SMS” and also “send read receipts”. I was then able to forward to different devices again. No guarantees but worth a try maybe?

It is my understanding that SMS (Text) messages to/from non Apple Devices requires "Text Forwarding" setup on all Apple devices and must be all logged into the same Apple ID