# Can You Drag iOS Messages to Bear

**URL:** <https://community.bear.app/t/can-you-drag-ios-messages-to-bear/18239>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [September 21, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/can-you-drag-ios-messages-to-bear/18239 "2025-09-21T01:59:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![AdamRadPro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@AdamRadPro](https://community.bear.app/u/AdamRadPro)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/can-you-drag-ios-messages-to-bear/18239/1 "2025-09-21T01:59:01Z")

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I’m wondering if this workflow is possible.

**On iOS 26:** I’m dragging messages from Apple Messages to Bear, but they disappear instead of being dropped into a Bear note. I see the cursor in Bear which makes it look like they will land where I dropped them, but they don’t. I can do the same steps and drop them in another Apple Message thread without any issues.

**Steps From iOS Apple Message**

- **With First Hand:** Tap and hold a message
- **With Second Hand:** Tap other messages and they will stack (see image below)
  - Swipe up to switch apps to Bear
  - Release the messages in a Bear note
  - _Nothing happens. After letting go, they disappear._

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/bear/original/2X/4/4a3d5226475ba04e709c8e7c0acbf34636574fac.png)

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**Author:** ![koabehr](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/koabehr/32/7195_2.png) [@koabehr](https://community.bear.app/u/koabehr)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/can-you-drag-ios-messages-to-bear/18239/2 "2025-09-24T21:55:51Z")

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When you drag the messages to Bear, do you see a small circle with a plus sign in it? That’s usually the signal that you can drop/insert your text in that spot.

Source info: [How to Use Bear with Apple’s Built-in Apps](https://blog.bear.app/2025/03/how-to-use-bear-with-apples-built-in-apps/#:~:text=Drag%20and%20Drop) . There is another spot (maybe in the Bear.app blog as well) that discusses the plus symbol specifically, but I can’t find it right now.