iOs 16, how to cancel and edit messages after sending

Whether it’s a message you’ve quickly regretted or an embarrassing autocorrect error, texting can sometimes be tricky. iOs 16 however now lets cancel and edit messages after sending them. While there are of course some conditions, including time limits, we are still talking about two great features that have been long overdue. Below, we explain how to use them.

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Cancel sending a message

If you want to cancel a message after sending it, the most important thing to keep in mind is that you have just two minutes of time. To do this, it is enough keep pressed on the message and tap on Cancel sending. An animation will be shown immediately showing the message exploding into a thousand pieces and then disappearing completely.

Even if they can’t see the message, the recipient – as well as the sender – will receive one notification indicating the deletion of the test in the Messages app.

The function can be used only if both people have installed iOs 16 on your iPhone. By canceling the sending of a message to a user who is still using iOs 15, however, the text will disappear from their phone but will remain on the receiver’s device.

Edit messages

To edit a message, hold held down on the text and tap Edit. At this point, a small text box will appear where you can rewrite the entire text or correct a typo. Once done, tap the blue tick on the right to view the edited message. Whenever a message is changed, a blue label will appear immediately below “Modified”. By tapping it, you will be able to view all changes in chronological order.

Just like canceling messages, to use the function sender and recipient must have iOs 16. If the person the message is addressed to is using iOS 15, they will receive a new message with the updated text.

It should be pointed out that the message editing function also has a time limit. You will have it available 15 minutes to make changes to a text, for a total of five times. It is therefore advisable to carefully choose the changes you want to make.

This article originally appeared on Wired US.