Deleting new messages on Apple Watch deletes all the message on iPhone

Thank you so much for posting this! I didn’t even think of this and was so upset I thought I lost my messages forever.

I do not want to load the memory of my watch. I keep the conversation on my phone memory. I can reply back quicker knowing who write me last from the conversation messages. I keep my important things to do on my watch. My mom text me her grocery list. I delete the message from my watch to free it and later I read it from my phone! I got the notification wich is fine and keep it for later on my phoe with all the pictures she sent me. This is only 1 clear exemple, I have a lot!

Yea I’ve complained a few times too and I hope they add an option where u can decide if u want this or not! I have having so many threads on my watch but don’t want them deleted off my phone!!! 😡😡😡

I tell everyone go to Apple Feedback and post your complaint there is the only way for Apple developers see your complaint. I believe I’ve posted 10 complaints About this there. Let’s hope they see this and make the change back.

Beckster8806 wrote:

Oh wow I really hope they do another update to change it back to how it was!

Apple doesn't read here in this user-to-user forum for feedback or suggestions. You can, however, let them know your thoughts here:

Product Feedback - Apple

funkygal25 wrote:

This is the absolute worst update ever. I would rather keep my messages on my phone and be able to clear my watch without them disappearing on my phone like it always did. I HATE IT! Also, why hasn’t there ever been a way to revert back and undo the last update?

Well, apparently millions of users thought that deleting messages from an Watch should work exactly the same way as deleting them from an iPhone, iPad, or Mac, and told that to Apple over and over though the feedback link. I’ve seen countless posts saying so. You can give your opinion the same way→Product Feedback - Apple

And the reason you can’t revert updates is because all updates include security patches, and reverting would make devices vulnerable to the malware that the updates blocked.

Slim980 wrote:

i'm wondering why I did the upgrade and now every time I delete a message off my watch I have to go and get it back on my phone cause it's deleting it on my phone as well and I'm not liking this. Is there anyway we can fix this?

That is the way it is now. This is the fix to a problem people have been complaining about since the watch was released.

You can let Apple know your thoughts here:

Product Feedback - Apple

If never worked like what in 10 yrs? Explain yourself please, thank you

Oh wow I really hope they do another update to change it back to how it was! I don’t like scrolling so much on watch to find threads !! 😤

All Watches with WatchOS 11 are experiencing it.

This is so frustrating, there are messages I don’t want deleted from the iPhone!

I’m having this problem too 🥵🥵🥵

So frustrated! I have work texts that are completely gone because of this and other important texts.

They need to do another update to fix this because I’m not feeling this. I just like deleting from my watch and keep messages just on my phone not deleting from one of the other and deletes from both 🙄😤 Apple please fix asap. Sometimes I hate updating my devices cause it may be a feature or app you love and soon you update your devices you can’t use whatever it was again

Mines off and it still happens.. when I delete messages on my watch it deletes them from my phone..

I like them deleted off my watch cause it kills the battery, and I don’t need them on my watch but like getting the alerts on my watch..

It’s so annoying!!