Step 3: Notice how the ribbon at the top of the bar shows a countdown timer till the message is sent out, showing you exactly how much time is left. Step 2: Once you start typing, you will notice a popup bar containing some editing tools, but ignore those for now, and hit the Send button. Step 1: Launch the Messages app and type in the message you want to send, be it an iMessage or SMS. The tweak has a few more features to offer, but for the need at hand, we’ll look at canceling an outgoing message. So, not only will it stop the message being sent in the conversation you have opened, but any outgoing messages at that moment will be stopped.Ī new tweak called ‘DeLe’ adds that much needed delay to your outgoing messages before they’re actually sent out, giving the user a chance to retract that message. Putting the phone in Airplane mode shuts off the iPhone’s cellular reception, and if you were on WiFi, that too as well. Step 5: Tap and hold on the message you want to delete, then tap on ‘More’ and then the ‘trashcan’ icon on the bottom left as shown in the screenshots below. Now you can turn off the Airplane mode as well. Step 4: Dismiss Control Center and wait for a few seconds till you see that outgoing message as cancelled with a red warning text reading “Not Delivered”. The fastest way to do that, as you may have already guessed, is to swipe up from the bottom of the screen to reveal Control Center and tap the Airplane mode icon. Step 3: To stop that, we will be turning on Airplane mode on the iPhone. We need to stop that progress bar from completing and you will have to be really fast, with only a few seconds to spare. Notice how the top ribbon in the app reads “Sending…” as a blue (iMessage) or green (SMS) progress bar moves from left to right. Step 2: Type in a message, be it an SMS or an iMessage, and hit the Send button. Step 1: To begin, launch the Messages app, and open any conversation.