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after I updated to iOS18 my photos in iMessages with contacts have disappeared. I have restarted my phone but all the photos have gone. And also when searching for messages it is bugging out and showing (my messages that I sent) that someone else had said it.
iPhone 15 Pro Max, iOS 18
Here’s the fix:
Go to Settings>Apps>Messages
Click on Siri and turn all those settings off and then back on again.
Then go back to the previous menu and click on Search. Turn all those settings off and back on again also.
Now when you go back to your photos in your messages, you will see a message saying the phone is indexing all your messages. Give it some time. It might take a few hours or even a whole day, but all your photos in your messages should come back eventually.
Here’s the fix:
Go to Settings>Apps>Messages
Click on Siri and turn all those settings off and then back on again.
Then go back to the previous menu and click on Search. Turn all those settings off and back on again also.
Now when you go back to your photos in your messages, you will see a message saying the phone is indexing all your messages. Give it some time. It might take a few hours or even a whole day, but all your photos in your messages should come back eventually.
This worked perfectly for me. Thank you! I have an IPhone 13.
Make sure messages are turned on in iCloud
Settings > iCloud > Messages > Sync
all your iMessages shared photos and links should come back
Ok, I contacted Apple today on this issue. To rectify, I had to reset the phone.
For anyone else having this issue, this is what you have to do: Go to Settings > General > Transfer or Reset Phone > Reset > Reset all settings.
Note: you won't lose your apps, but stuff like your alarms, focus time etc, will be erased. If you haven't done a backup in a while, you may want to do that before you reset.
I had basically the same issue. After updating to IOS 18, any photos that were sent to me in a text were gone-just a gray bubble or outline. I tried some of these suggestions-didn't work. Called Apple support and she had me go to settings>click on my name>icloud>messages>Sync now
After about an hour many of the photos had reappeared, and she said it might take several hours for them all to come back
update: it worked but did not work for old old photos from early 2024 to mid 2024 only recent like starting after the update released so like around september
Doesn’t work for me
Scorpi0's fix worked on my iPhone 12 right out of the gate. Instantly. Thaaank you!
That fix didn’t work for me : (
Then you’ll need to call Apple Support directly
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Perfect fix! I was going crazy trying to find old photos by flipping back through the text stream!! THANK YOU!!!
how long did it take?
i did this ima give it time to work (will be coming back with a update if it worked or not)
Didn’t work for me.
After iOS 18 update photos in iMessage have disappeared
