You will have to wait for about five minutes for the message to stop trying to resend itself. The blue progress bar represents the message being sent to the Apple servers. Make sure you do it before it gets to the end. If you are using an iPhone 8 or earlier models, swipe up from the bottom edge of your screen.įrom there you will be able to locate the airplane mode icon, press it as fast as you can while the blue progress bar is loading. If you are using an iPhone X or the later models, swipe down from the top-right corner of your screen. This however depends on the iPhone model you are using.

You can access the airplane mode from either the settings or the control center. This step needs you to be fast on your fingers to unsend the iMessage. Read Also: How to turn off iMessage on your Mac Turning the airplane mode on

Go back to iMessage > Delete the message.Go to Settings > Tap on the Messages section > Toggle off Send as SMS option.Disclaimer: Please note that this is only possible before the blue progress bar gets to the other end.

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