Messages app - keyboard not popping up on a few message threads

I've been having an issue in the last week or so with the keyboard not showing up on some message threads. I can't find any link between them except that it seems to be only green text message threads, I haven't seen it happen on an iMessage thread yet. It's only on a couple of them though, not all. I have tried everything I can think of short of a full wipe and reset which I would like to avoid. Deleting the thread and starting a new one with the same person made the keyboard show back up for that person, but then it started happening on a different thread. I also don't necessarily want to keep deleting threads since I would lose all the conversation history. Any ideas?

iPhone 14 Pro

Posted on Oct 6, 2022 8:15 AM

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Oct 7, 2022 3:08 PM in response to jprice13

Hi jprice13,


Thanks for posting in Apple Communities.


We understand that your keyboard doesn't show for SMS messages. To address this behavior, start by restarting iPhone if you haven't already. If the behavior continues, remove the keyboard and add it back.


  1. Open Settings app
  2. Go to General
  3. Tap on Keyboard
  4. Tap Keyboards
  5. Select Edit
  6. Tap the red minus on the affected keyboard


Add the keyboard back by selecting Add New Keyboard and choose your keyboard.


Add or change keyboards on iPhone


Regards.




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