![Guy using an iPhone and asking "how do I go back?"](https://daveberesford.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/How-do-I-go-back-960x885.png)
How do you go back a character at a time in a text message on an iPhone?
Sounds like this should be easy, but of course it only seems to let you go back a word at a time when you tap.
This tip is really easy and useful…
Just put your finger on the spacebar and hold it down and wiggle…
![Holding the cursor down to edit a text](https://daveberesford.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/holding-the-spacebar-down.png)
…then the cursor will move around until it’s in the right position.
Here’s a video that shows you how: