How to edit messages on your iPhone
In Messages with iOS 16, iPadOS 16.1, macOS Ventura or later, you can edit a sent message up to five times within 15 minutes of sending it.
Edit a sent message in iOS 16 and later
In Messages, tap a conversation.
Touch and hold the message you want to edit.
Tap Edit.
4. Make your edits, then tap the tick to finalise the message, or tap the X to revert to the original message.
If you make edits, the word "Edited" will appear under the message. You can edit an iMessage up to five times within 15 minutes of sending it.
To edit messages, use iMessage with iOS 16, iPadOS 16.1, macOS Ventura or later. If you edit a message to someone on an older version of iOS, iPadOS or macOS, the updated version will appear as a second message that starts with “Edited to”.
Reveal all edits made to a message
In Messages, tap a conversation.
Scroll to the message that you want to see the edit history for.
Tap the word “Edited” under the current message to reveal the previous message(s).
After someone has edited a message, anyone in the conversation can tap the word “Edited” to see the edit history.
