New Stickers Disappear Immediately (iOS 18 Messages App)

I thought I was going crazy, but now that I see all of y’all dealing with the same thing, I feel the tiniest bit better. When will this get fixed?

I’m experiencing the same issue with the iPhone 16 Pro. The iOS 18.1 update didn’t resolve it either.

With 18.1 no change :( still not working

like mentioned before:

migrated from iPhone12pro to 16pro

Hehe, reset and lose all my authenticator apps? I’m good. I’ll wait for iOS 18.2 I guess…

I found them. They don’t live in with the emojis. There’s a little icon next to the text box on WhatsApp ( haven’t tried messaging yet)

the one next to the camera icon. They’re all hiding in there😁. Can’t find them to add to this post though😡 and as above can create for use on other apps. Only seem to work in WhatsApp.

It only works in Whatsapp, it does NOT work in Apple Messages

My husband and I got the iPhone 16 pro max at the same time. His stickers work, mine do not, even after iOS 18.0.1.

So frustrating.

Glad that worked for you, but (for me) way too much effort and risk to correct what Apple should fix by update.

I reset my iphone. I have the 16 so I erased without erasing eSIM. Took a minute but happy problem is corrected.

Having the same issues with stickers disappearing for quite some time. By reading all of these similar comments, seems Apple doesn’t care. Sad!

Same here IPhone 16 pro, will disappear 😢

Glad that worked for you. I’m not going there. Maybe Apple can do its job and fix a persistent widespread bug instead of forcing users to do that.

Glad that worked for you. I’m not going there. Maybe Apple can do its job and fix a persistent widespread bug instead of forcing users to do that.

Same issue here. Brand new iPhone 16 Pro and the stickers disappear immediately after I make them. Completely unusable. I did not have this issue on my iPhone 13 Pro. I also do not have this issue on my iPad Air.

I continue to wallow in grief when photos from which I could make the most impressive photos seem to go to waste. Each time I attempt to save one of these stellar stickers, I feel the same punch to the gut as it disappears. No update has provided the needed solution. Why, Apple? WHY???