Hey folks. Just got off phone call with apple support. Since I upgraded to OS 26.1 on both iPhone and iWatch, when I read a text on my iphone it would not clear off my apple watch. Through many trouble shooting, what resolved my problem was disconnecting from my Apple account on my iPhone and reconnecting. When I did this all was fixed. Hope this helps others.
iPhone 15 Pro
SMS texts sometimes need to be removed manually, or by resetting the watch. Imessages will sync removal when removed from the iphone, in my experience.
I just tested it though and SMS were removed by deleting them on my iphone.
That is the issue
i I had 0 unread messages on my phone and 50 something unread on the watch
i went through all the procedure of mirror and unpairing the watch.
I see some on internet with same issue and wanted to post the fix that worked for me.
Texts read on iPhone not clearing from Apple Watch
