{"id":353569,"date":"2025-12-17T09:17:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T09:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/353569\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T09:17:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T09:17:13","slug":"calculators-history-function-on-iphone-reveals-users-embarrassing-past-calculations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/353569\/","title":{"rendered":"Calculator’s ‘history’ function on iPhone reveals users’ embarrassing past calculations"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\ufefff you are in need of a good laugh<\/a>, open up your Calculator app’s history.<\/p>\n

TikTok creator<\/a> @Ali.Deht started it all, posted a video<\/a> with the caption “my boyfriend grabs my phone looking for messages…but there’s something in there even worse” before cutting to a screenshot of her Calculator app.<\/p>\n

The image shows the \ufeffequation “10-6.”<\/p>\n

Watch the video above.\ufeff<\/p>\n

\"TheI\ufefff you are in need of a good laugh, open up your Calculator app’s history. (tiktok)<\/p>\n

“Nothing is more embarrassing than my calculator history\ufeff,” she captioned the video.<\/p>\n

Yes \u2013 in case you didn’t already know, your Calculator app has a ‘history’ function that displays all your recent calculations, and it’s incredibly humbling.\ufeff<\/p>\n

TikToker users commented under the video \ufeffwith screenshots of their own calculator history, showing similarly easy equations.<\/p>\n

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\"EmbarrasingEveryone has at least one embarrasingly easy calculation in their calculator app history. (Supplied)<\/p>\n

“I clear my calculator history faster than a man clears his search history,” one person wrote. \ufeff<\/p>\n

One screenshot posted under the video showed “5+5+2” while another showed “200+200.”\ufeff<\/p>\n

Others commented that they \ufeff”hate math” so they use the calculator app because they “just have to be sure,” while others wrote “it’s always good to check.”<\/p>\n

“Trust me, you’re not the only one,” another person said. \ufeff<\/p>\n

When using the Calculator app is so quick and easy, we had a suspicion most people default \ufeffto using their phones to do basic maths, despite how shameful it may be.<\/p>\n

I myself am guilty of it, and was greeted by an embarrassing series of basic equations when I opened my history.<\/p>\n

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\"Embarrasing\ufeffWe asked around the office for some of the most embarrassing calculations. (Supplied)<\/p>\n

My top contender: 28 minus 8.<\/p>\n

I then asked my colleagues to share some of their most embarrassing calculations.<\/p>\n

“I’m ashamed,” one colleague wrote, before sending me a screenshot that read 36 minus 6.<\/p>\n

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Another co-worker sent a screenshot that read \ufeff11 minus 7, while another owned up to calculating 2 plus 7.5.<\/p>\n

Other honourable mentions included one calculation for 90 divided by 3, 875 minus 300, as well as a hilarious 120 plus 1.<\/p>\n

The calculator app is clearly a vital part of our daily lives, but let’s be honest, it’s probably making us dumber.<\/p>\n

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