Audio messages in the Messages app are cool little ways of
communicating without text. You can tell someone you love them, send them a
song clip, or just ask what’s up, all with your own voice.
The thing about audio messages, however, is that they don’t
hang around forever. By default, they expire after two minutes of sending or
listening to them, not to be heard again. This might be fine for some, but not
for others.
If you fall into the “others” category and want to hang onto
those clips, here’s how to stop audio messages from expiring in the Messages
app on iOS.
Change when audio messages expire
Keep your audio messages as long as you want by following
these steps to change the expire time.
1) Open your Settings and select Messages.
2) Scroll down to Audio Messages.
3) Select it and
then tap Never.
This changes the default two-minute expire so that you can
replay the audio messages whenever you want.
One thing to keep in mind when stopping your audio messages from expiring is that they can begin to take up space on your device. So, if down the road you want to change it back, just follow the steps above and select 2 minutes in Step 3.