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Experiencing regret after sending a text message and need to know how to edit in iMessage? We'll show you how to edit an iMessage so you can fix spelling errors or change an awkward wink emoji with something more appropriate!

Here's why iMessage isn't working and how to fix it once and for all. If iMessage won't activate, a text was not delivered, your iPhone is not receiving texts, iMessage is grayed out, you're getting an "iMessage needs to be enabled to send this message" pop-up, or you're having other iMessage problems, here's the fix.

There are a couple of ways to share your location from an iPhone, but this might be the quickest! Here's how to share your location from your iPhone or iPad in a text message using predictive text.

So how do you save a picture from a text message on the iPhone? Saving photos from the Messages app used to be fairly tedious. Now you can download and save photos with the tap of a single button! We'll show you the quickest way to save photos from text messages, plus review where items are saved once downloaded.

Have you ever been sure you just received a text, only to find that it was the person next to you? Having the same ringtone and text tone as your friends can get frustrating. A great way to distinguish your iPhone is to change your text message ringtone. We will teach you how to do that and set different text tones for your favorite contacts.

It can be frustrating to try to send a text only to receive a message back telling you that message blocking is active. The message simply reads, "Free Msg: Unable to send message - Message blocking is active," and provides no context or further information on how to turn off message blocking. Let's go over the "message blocking is active" meaning and how you can turn it off.

Apple now allows iPhone users with an iPhone 14 or later, updated to iOS 18, to connect to send messages via satellite when there is no Wi-Fi or cellular coverage available. Here's how to use satellite on your iPhone to send messages!