If you really get a lot of text messages or iMessages in the Messages app on iPhone, the button that should alert you to the number of unread messages may end up showing an intimidating number. Especially if the only solution to make this warning go away is to review all your messages one by one so that the application marks them “Read”.
Fortunately, iOS 16 makes it very easy to mark all messages from the Messages app as “read” in a single operation. All you have to do is use the trick that we present to you in this tutorial.
How to mark all messages as “read” on iOS 16
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To mark all your “Read” messages on iOS 16 in one action, it’s very simple:
- Open the app Messages on your iPhone or iPad
- Touch Modifier top left then Select messages
- Touch Mark all as read at the bottom of the screen
All your messages are now marked as “Read”. Of course, there are variations of this method to mark only some messages as read while leaving others marked as unread.
- Always in the app Messages on iPhone or iPad go to Modifier top left then Select messages
- Select the messages that interest you
- Touch mark as read lower left
On the contrary, it is possible to mark messages with the mention “Unread”. To do this, the procedure is practically identical: just select read messages:
- In the app Messages on iPhone or iPad go to Modifier top left then Select messages
- Select messages marked as “Read”
- Touch Not lu at the bottom of the screen
How to prevent your correspondents from seeing if you’ve read their message
Also, be sure to check the recognition settings. In fact, depending on the configuration of your Messages application, your correspondents can see in real time if you have read one of their messages.
To remove it, disable the return receipts. Because of this :
- ON i phone or iPad go to the app Settings
- Get off at Messages
- In the hall Messages the settings disable the Read the receipts
Now we can say that you have regained control of your Messages app, be it the red button and its intimidating number or the Read the receipts which can sometimes lead to annoying misunderstandings.
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