iPhone 13 cannot reply to group chats

For some reason, I recently lost ability to reply to some group chats on my IPhone-13 that I used to be able to reply to? I can see all texts from the other chat members, but there is no text box at the bottom of the chat for me to write up a reply and hit send. Any idea how to fix this?

iPhone 13 Pro Max, iOS 18

Posted on Nov 12, 2025 4:57 PM

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Nov 13, 2025 9:12 AM in response to Arcturus227

I have the same problem with a group chat and the text box not showing on my other devices (ipad , mac)


But got it back on my iphone 14 (running 26.0.1)



Try a hard reset (volume up, volume down, power button till apple logo) ,

In settings>apps>messages : changing the imessage send and receive to just your number,

Have a friend sending a message through sms (their data) in the group chat instead of wifi (blue),

and on iphone I tried to delete my remaining contact in the group chat deleting email, and

from one of those somehow the text box reappeared back on the iphone.

iPhone 13 cannot reply to group chats

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