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Cannot edit medication schedule in Health app on iPhone

Editing medications and changing reminders in health app

Why does the Edit option only allows deleting and re-entering each medication I want to change.

You can’t edit a medication schedule. This feature of health app seems like it has been forgotten.

Is there any way to change a medication’s schedule?

I am using IPhone 15 Pro Max with IOS 26.7.1.

2 replies

Problem solved. I was able to speak with a support person and they showed me a way to edit medications. It’s a bit convoluted.

After opening the Health app and going to Medications, we see on the top today’s date, letters for days of the week and circles below. Clicking on one of those circles shows medications logged. Scrolling down the page brings up a Your Medications section with EDIT button. Do not tap on edit. Click on a medication name and it scroll down to schedule. That’s where you can edit its schedule or even delete it. Keep in mind deleting a medication will also delete its log.


It seems like this bug has been in the Health app for many years. When I contacted Apple support today, first AI and then a live agent described a functionality that doesn’t exist. Going into edit and tapping on a medication is supposed to bring up a Schedule section where one can change a medication’s schedule however no such section shows up.

The agent then scheduled a call back which happened right away. That agent also was reading the same script and when I asked them to try it themselves, they realized it doesn’t work. They asked me to hold but the call was dropped and there was no call back. I contacted support again and was told a call back is scheduled for 2 PM today. That call never came.

I don’t understand how a basic functionality is missing from this app and hope my reporting it will get it on their list to fix.

Will keep you posted.