iMessage notification badge shouldn’t count muted conversations

The iMessage badge showing the count of unread messages is useless because group chats I’ve muted are counted. There should be an option to exclude muted conversations from the count shown on the iMessage app badge on the home screen.

Posted on Jan 10, 2025 07:24 AM

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Jan 10, 2025 07:35 AM in response to tbdarrian

You can let Apple know what you'd like to see here:

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iMessage notification badge shouldn’t count muted conversations

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