Deleting text messages

If I delete a text message from my iPhone that I sent, does it get deleted in the other person’s phone?

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Livingwell · 61-69, M

There is a new unsend feature on iPhone. If you unsend, it gets deleted on the other end. You then delete from your side.

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@Livingwell That's not what people usually mean by sending a text. A text, SMS standing for Short Message Service, is a network service independent of the device type. The feature you have in mind only works when both parties ares using and Apple app on an IPhone.

I'm not sure which @Jenny1234 meant.

sarabee1995 · 26-30, F

@Livingwell @ninalanyon Yup. Unsend only works with iMessage, not with text (SMS or MMS).

But even with iMessage the unsent message still exists on the servers in between.