Have you ever opened a text message or iMessage on your iPhone and then forgotten to reply because it no longer showed as unread? Or maybe you read a message and wanted to consider your response before replying, needing a reminder to come back to it? Most of us have experienced this, which is why the ability to mark a message as unread is such a helpful new feature on iPhone.

On any iPhone running iOS 16 or later, you can mark a message as unread. This keeps the notification badge visible both on the Messages app icon and next to the message itself. By marking messages as unread, you can easily return to them later for a reply—just like you would with unread emails.

How to Mark Messages as Unread on iPhone

Marking messages as unread (or read) is very simple. Here’s how:

1. Open the Messages app if you haven’t already

2. Find the message you want to mark as unread

3. Swipe right on the message to reveal the “Mark as Unread” option

4. The message will instantly be marked as unread, shown by the small dot appearing to the left of the person's avatar

5. You can repeat this process with other messages to mark them as unread too

Just swipe right quickly and release to mark the message as unread. This works the same way for both iMessages (blue messages) and standard text messages (green messages) in the Messages app.

Likewise, you can also mark messages as read on your iPhone using the same gesture. Simply swipe right on a message that hasn't been read yet to mark it as read.

If you're used to marking emails as read in the iPhone's Mail app, this gesture will feel familiar, and you'll be able to use it right away.

Keep in mind that if you mark a message as unread, the red badge icon will also appear or update on the Messages app icon on your Home Screen to show that there's an unread message.

This trick works exactly the same way in the Messages app on iPad, as long as your iPad is running iPadOS 16.1 or newer.

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