For the person who sent it, it erases two minutes after they sent it unless they've changed their settings.īelow, you can see an audio message I received (on the left), which automatically erased from my conversation two minutes after I listened to it (on the right). After the two minutes are up, the audio message erases from your device forever.

An alert appears under it that says 'Expires in 2m' after the whole message is listened to. You can start listening to a voice message either by tapping play or raising it like a phone call with your ear against the top speaker.

Receiving audio messages: When you receive an audio message from someone else, by default, the two-minute timer begins as soon as you listen to the voice message completely.

Recipients can start listening to a voice message either by tapping play or raising it like a phone call with their ear against the top speaker.

Sending audio messages: When you send one via iMessage, a two-minute timer starts immediately for you with the default settings, but for the other person or persons in the chat, the two-minute countdown begins once they listen to the message entirely unless they've changed their settings.

Otherwise, tap the (x) to delete it and try again. If it's how you want it, tap the cloud icon with the up arrow in it. First, to make an audio message on an iOS device, you tap-and-hold on the mic button, speak your message, then let go. Don't Miss: Make Texts & iMessages Stand Out with Bold Subject Linesīefore we get into disabling the self-destruct feature for audio messages, it's good to know how audio messages behave by default.Instead of having your sent and received audio messages auto-erased from your iPhone, you have two options - save an audio message before it self-destructs, or change your settings to keep them on your device forever. Apple starts the two-minute expiration after you've listened to any audio messages received for the first time, but it automatically starts the timer for audio messages you send. Once an audio message expires, it's gone forever - there's no way to recover it. However, by default, these audio messages self-destruct after two minutes, which isn't good if you want them archived. You can send a voice recording via iMessage by long-pressing the microphone icon just right of the input field and speaking. Apple has several ways for you to communicate in the Messages app aside from texting - and that includes audio messages.

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