Messages app won't stay in "Known" senders folder

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Messages app won't stay in "Known" senders folder

I turned on the iMessage filter for my iPhone 14 Pro some time ago. I really appreciate having my Known messages split from my Unknown Senders (especially with all of the spam these days).

But every since I updated to iOS18, my Messages app opens with All Messages after receiving a text from an unknown number. Before the upgrade, the Messages app would open to the last filter I used (All, Known, or Unknown), even if I had unread messages.

It doesn't look like this can be addressed in settings. Is this (still) a bug for anyone else?

iPhone 14 Pro, iOS 18

Posted on Feb 5, 2025 1:45 PM

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Answer 1

jvaughn1

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5 points

May 2, 2025 5:05 PM in response to Vns1

Not fixed here. I keep hoping the public beta updates would fix this, but not yet. It seems each time I get a msg from an unknown sender, the Messages app switches to the all Messages screen until I manually put it back in Known messages. If I’m not aware the app has reverted to all msgs, notifications turn up on my Carplay screen. APPLE: PLEASE FIX THIS!

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tstive

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Mar 6, 2025 6:57 PM in response to jwelsh88

Mine doing the same. Probable since an OS update a few weeks ago OS 18.3.1. I have selected "Known Senders" a dozen times but some how it keeps letting unknown senders in. It was never doing this before.

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jwelsh88 Author

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13 points

May 2, 2025 3:23 PM in response to Vns1

Still a problem on my end. (Seems to be an ongoing issue on Reddit as well.) So frustrating that a perfectly fine and useful setting just *disappears*.

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ericole

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169 points

Feb 23, 2025 7:44 PM in response to jwelsh88

Been happening for months on mine. So irritating. I wish Apple would spend a year fixing everything and make no new additions to the os other than that.

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jvaughn1

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Apr 17, 2025 4:59 PM in response to jwelsh88

Your description fits my issue to a tee. It's mid-April now and nothing has changed. This was a feature that I really wanted and Apple delivered. Now, I'm just annoyed.

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Vns1

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21 points

May 2, 2025 3:02 PM in response to jwelsh88

Has anyone found a fix for this super annoying issue? If Apple can’t or won’t fix it, is there another text app that can be used on iPhone? Any suggestions would be helpful.

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Caysma

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14 points

May 14, 2025 2:44 PM in response to jwelsh88

Its been happening to me, since the iOS 18

update. It is awfully annoying! I hope they fix this asap, or tell us how to undo the “update”.

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Messages app won't stay in "Known" senders folder

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