The "Never" option is missing from the Audio Message Expire settings

[ChromeCrescendo]

iPhone 15 Pro Max

iOS 18.2.1

I was trying to set my messages such that audio messages would never be deleted

However, I only have the options of "After 2 minutes" or "After 30 days"

I have about 207GB storage free on my phone and I do not have Messages being saved to iCloud


My family and friends, who are also on iOS 18.2.1 all have the "After 2 minutes" and "Never" options

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

Thank you

 

[teeshot44]

Check your Message History setting. If it’s set to 30 days then Audio history won’t be longer than 30 days also.

 

[zorinlynx]

This is scary, I also have mine set to Never (and it's still set to Never) but I worry about it being set to 30 days because I have a bunch of audio iMessages archived between me and my mom (who passed away two years ago) and I never want those to go away.

Has anyone else found the "Never" option missing? I wish there were an easy way to back up audio messages.