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On 2025-04-26 15:56:13 +0000, Connor Shannon said:

> On 4/25/25 6:47 PM, Your Name wrote:
> 
>> 
>> It is the idiocy of cloud syncing, especially when using multiple 
>> devices. When you delete them from one device, the other device doesn't 
>> delete them, so they get re-up/downloaded to/from the silly cloud 
>> server again.
>> 
>> Turn off iCloud syncing on all devices. Then Delete the message 
>> attachments from all devices. Then do NOT bother turning on silly 
>> iCloud syncing again.
>> 
>> And, before the moronic anti-Apple trolls start chiming in, the exact 
>> same problems also affect Android syncing services. All cloud syncing 
>> services are ridiculous and never work properly, partly because the 
>> cloud software has no idea whether you purposely or accidentally 
>> deleted the files from one device. Hence, you end up with problems like 
>> this of stuff reappearing.
> 
> Oh, okay. But I like having messages show up on all my devices. 
> Sometimes I'm on my MacBook and sometimes I'm on my iPad and less time 
> I'm on my iPhone but if a msg comes in I want it to come to where I am. 
> So if I turn off iCloud that won't work right?

All you need to do is have the Messages apps on all the devices signed 
into the same Apple account.
<https://support.apple.com/guide/messages/set-up-messages-on-mac-ichte16154fb/mac> 


That support page article says:

    Enable Messages in iCloud: Select this option if you want
    to store your messages in iCloud.

Note the important word *IF* - iCloud storage / syncing isn't 
necessary, and can be a big pain in the backside, as you've found out.