Unread badge icon

The unread badge icon won't go away and I've tried rebooting the phone, killing the app, and turning off badge notification and nothing is working, suggestions?

Hey All!! I believe I have a fix for those who - like me - could not get it resolved with the steps above. I just fixed it on mine. And trust me - I tried each of the steps above several times - which SHOULD have worked but ... we are indeed talking about picky and delicate iPhones here, hehe. Ok - so ...
When the step of turning off the badge alert did not work, it got me thinking ... iMessage has several settings in the iPhone settings area. So let me play with those. And sure enough - the first setting change fixed it. Here is what ya do ...
1. Go to Settings
2. Simply Scroll Down to "Messages"
3. Turn Off the Very First Option - "iMessage" At the Top
4. Leave Settings and Check Home Screen to See the Badge Has Disappeared
5. Return Back to Message Settings and Turn "iMessage" Back On
Voila! I hope this works for some folks!!

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