Heartfelt Apology Letter to A Friend You Hurt

If you’ve ever had to apologize, you know making it easy for your friend to forgive you is the thing that can truly help. It can be as easy as writing a heartfelt letter like one of these for every offense you’ve committed. An apology letter to a friend you hurt can be either informal or formal. It depends on the relationship that exists between you and your friend. If you are close friends and share a lot of mutual trust, then you can go for the informal apology letter.

However, if you have known your friend for a short time, a formal apology letter is most appropriate. We have picked the best collection of letters for you to pick from.

Apology Letter to A Friend You Hurt

• I know that I have hurt you very, very deeply. I didn’t mean to do it, and it was wrong of me to do it. I just hope that one day you can forgive me for my actions. Today I gave [name] a heartfelt apology for all the pain that I caused him over the years. He said he understood why I did what I did, and he accepted my apology graciously. Thank you for your understanding and forgiveness to me.

• I’m so sorry for what happened between us. I never meant to hurt you. You are still my best friend and always will be. But I have no choice but to distance myself from you until we get this all figured out. I love you with everything that I am and can’t wait to see you again soon!

• I really miss hanging out with you. I have thought about what I did and wish I could take it all back now. I was so stupid. I value your friendship and hope that you can forgive me for hurting your feelings. Let’s go get coffee or something soon!

• I am so sorry for hurting you. I don’t know what came over me. You are my best friend, and I could never imagine hurting you intentionally. I hope we can forgive each other and move on!

• Sorry I have been out of touch lately. Things have been really busy here at work and it’s hard to find time for the important things like talking to my friends. I know that you are always there for me and I don’t know what I would do without you. You mean the world to me and I want you to know that. That’s why I want to tell you how sorry I am for not calling, emailing, or even texting.

• I am really sorry for what I’ve done. I should have been more aware and honest with you. know you have every right to hate me, but at least I can say that I’m sorrier than anyone could possibly be! I wish we could go back in time and fix all the wrongs done, but no matter what happens in the future, know that it doesn’t erase our friendship.

• I’m sorry for what I said. I didn’t mean it and I know you didn’t deserve it. I was just hurt by your words and felt like it was the only way to get through to you. I never want to hurt our friendship again, and I will always be there for you, even if you are sometimes a little frustrating!

• I’m so sorry for how I acted. I never meant to hurt you. You caught me at a bad moment and I lost my cool. I know that you didn’t mean to hurt me either, and now that I’ve calmed down, I hope we can get past this. But let me start by saying I’m sorry.

• I didn’t mean what I said the other day. I was angry and threw it all out at you to hurt you. You are my closest friend, and despite that outburst, nothing has changed. Friends forever!

• I am sorry. I really am. You are my best friend, and I have been so wrapped up in myself that I forgot that you have feelings too. You mean so much to me. I wish sometimes that you took things harder on me, especially when I screw up. You are just too forgiving and too nice for your own good sometimes. That’s why we make such great friends. We can fight sometimes, but we always end up making up. Love you!

• I am so sorry that I hurt you. I never meant to do it. You are one of my best friends and I don’t want anything to harm that relationship. Whenever things go wrong between us, forgiveness is always the answer. I hope we can put this behind us and move forward so that our friendship can get even better! I really value our friendship and love you so much!

• My friendship with you is one of the closest I have. That is until I did something horrible. I’m so sorry! It really was never my intention to upset you but now I feel so bad for hurting your feelings that I just can’t get myself together. You are such a great friend, and I know one day you will forgive me. Until then, remember that I love you and care about you so much! Sincerely,

• I’m sincerely sorry for hurting you. It was never my intention to do so. I have been feeling lost lately and I reached out to you because you are someone I trust and love so much. Last night I lashed out at you, which I am deeply ashamed of. You have always been there for me and given me honest advice. In return, here is some honest advice: don’t let what happened to ruin our friendship! You helped me through a difficult time in my life.

• I’m so sorry. I should never have said those things to you. You are my best friend and I love you more than anything. Please forgive me so we can move forward. I will never hurt you again!

• I can’t believe how long it has been since we last talked. I just wanted to apologize for everything that happened. You are a great friend and I love you so much! I am glad you are still in my life and I hope to make things better between us.

• I’m sorry for hurting you over the last few weeks. I guess I have been feeling some distance between us and don’t know how to handle it. In my frustration, I lashed out and took it out on you. I am not proud of how I acted. You are my friend and only want the best for you. But what I did was not right and against everything, we stand for.

• I am so sorry. I didn’t mean to hurt you. I wish things could be different and that I had handled things differently. But whatever happens, I want you to know that I am so thankful for all our time together.

• I am so sorry for what I did. I am sick to death over it. I let all my anger out on you and that is not okay. You have been one of the best friends I have ever had and I was so immature to try and ruin that. You didn’t deserve any of that from me, and as soon as I stopped being angry with you (which wasn’t very long) I felt horrible about everything I said or did.

• Sasha, I am truly sorry for what I did. I didn’t think that it would hurt you so badly. I am a faithful friend and would never intentionally do something like this on purpose. I love you and hope that you can forgive me!

• I’m so sorry for the misunderstanding! I was so angry at you that I wasn’t thinking straight. I got my hopes up and acted on impulse without thinking and it ended badly. I hope we can be friends again, but if you’d rather not speak to me again, I respect your wishes.

• I know I may not be your favourite person right now, but I want you to know that all my actions were out of pure thought and that someday you will come to realize this, but even if you don’t I hope that we can remain friends. I hope that one day you will forgive me.

• Since I hurt your feelings, I want to say I’m sorry. I don’t want us to lose each other because of a silly misunderstanding. I love you and will always be there for you. It means so much to me that you are my friend!

• I am so sorry for the way I treated you. I acted so unkindly and above all was not myself. I really hurt you and for that, I am truly sorry. I value our friendship so much that I hope we can move past this and enjoy each other’s company in the coming days.

• I’m sorry I hurt your feelings. I hope we can forget this ever happened and continue on being friends. I want us both to be happy, at least you know that I always had good intentions.

• I’m so sorry, I love you and I miss you. My biggest mistake was pushing you away. I saw your hurt but didn’t know how to make it better. I just hope someday you can forgive me for the pain I’ve caused.

• I am so truly sorry. I wish I could go back and change everything, but I can’t. Thank you for forgiving me, because without you as a friend I don’t think I could make it through this. I hurt so much that all I wanted was to crawl under a rock, but instead, you were there to hold me together and tell me that you loved me no matter what.

• I’m writing this letter to apologize for the way I handled your situation. All I can say is that I was wrong. You were in a very tough position and I should have been there for you through it all. I know that you’ve put things behind you, but perhaps this will give you an opportunity to think of the past with a forgiving mind.

• I am sorry! I just love you. When I was hurt by a comment you made, I took it out on you. Please forgive me. I love your amazingly sweet personality and you have brought me so much joy in the past 3 months!

• I am sorry for saying those hurtful things. I did not mean them. I was angry and immature. Please forgive me, we are still friends, right?

• I’m SORRY for everything that was said and done. I regret every word, every feeling, every emotion. I wish I could turn back the hands of time and do it all over again, but we can’t live in the past. I want to patch things up and move forward because after all; the past is just part of your history.

• I miss you and I wish we were still friends. I am so sorry that I was a horrible person to you. Please believe me when I say that I regret every minute of it. It’s time to move on from this, to forgive yourself and us both. We have to remember what we had together and begin again as friends.

• I can’t find the words to express how sorry I am. My words would ruin our friendship. You mean so much to me and I don’t give you enough credit. I am sorry for hurting your heart, but it is my fault that I couldn’t love you in the way you wanted me to. We will always be friends.

• I am so sorry that I have caused you pain. I promise I will never do anything to hurt you again. I understand how it feels to be hurt by someone, and I will try my best to never cause any of my friends’ pain ever again. Please forgive me, we have a friendship that cannot be replaced, and if this friendship is broken, I know that forever only sorrow will exist within me. Your Friendship is important to me!

• I was wrong to ever hurt you as I did, I am truly sorry. It will never happen again. You mean too much to me and you are too important to me. That night I got angry and let my anger take control of me. That night I said things that I didn’t mean and for that, I am so sorry. I have never meant those things and never will.

• I know I have done some stupid things in the past. You have always been there for me and I have hurt you greatly. I just want to say I never meant to. You are like my sister, and if you need anything, call me anytime no matter what time it is. You are one of a kind and you are so important to me! Love you forever.

• We’ve been friends for years. I have never stopped loving you and I hope we can forgive each other for all the bad things that have happened. I do not wish to lose you and hope that one day you will find in your heart to forgive me. You are an amazing person and no matter what happens you will always be my friend.

• I’m sorry. I really am. I know I hurt you and I’m sorry. I won’t lie to you and pretend it didn’t happen it did. But there is nothing I can do to change it and at this point trying to do so will only make everything seem like more of a farce-and that’s not what this is supposed to be. What I can do is extend my hand in friendship again, I appreciate you, dearest friend.

• I can’t tell you how sorry I am. I never meant to hurt you, I highly respect you and still do. I love the way you are, there is no one else like you in this whole world. Forgive me please and we can forget it ever happened.

• I know I was wrong and I wish there was a way I could take back what I said. You are my best friend and you mean so much to me. I will miss your friendship dearly.

• I’m writing this letter to apologize for my actions. I’m sorry for what I did, and if I could take it back I would in a heartbeat. I will try to be better and make sure not to cross that line ever again. I hope this letter helps because you are the only one, I can trust right now.

• I just wanted to let you know that I’m sorry for the things I said to you earlier today. I didn’t mean it and was in a bad mood. Can you find it in your heart to forgive me? We’re friends for life, aren’t we?

Apology Letter to A Friend After A Fight

• I want to apologize for the things I said. You are one of my best friends, and I don’t want to fight. I love you so much and you are the only girl I will ever be with. Talk to me soon, because there is no one else I would rather talk to.

• I am super sorry for how I acted! I was out of line. You are my best friend and there is nothing we couldn’t work out. I want you to know that I never meant to hurt you or make you feel bad. I hope that we can be friends again. Please forgive me and accept my apology.

• I know I wasn’t there for you the way I should have been. I should have been there to cheer you up, to spend time with you and help you in a time of need. I’m so sorry that I let you down. You are a great friend and everything will be ok from this point on. I promise to make it up to you.

• I am sorry for being a jerk and being so mean. I am just frustrated with my life, but you didn’t deserve my rudeness. I care about you and love that you are my friend. When we have a fight, I just want to say I love you, but we aren’t able to when we fight.

• I am so sorry to have upset you. I know I’ve said things that hurt your feelings and that was never my intention. I just wanted to tell you how much you mean to me and the way you make me feel when we are around each other. It kills me to see us in this state of disarray and falling apart, but all I care about is getting us back together where we belong. Love always, Your friend.

• I am so sorry for our fight yesterday. I love you and I hate arguing with you. I was acting like an idiot and I’m mad at myself for letting that happen. We don’t need to pretend we are over it today because tomorrow will be another day, but please know that I never want to fight with you again, ever. That’s my fault and I hope you can forgive me for acting like a total jerk!

• I take back everything I said, that doesn’t mean I didn’t mean it at the time. Sometimes my emotional side gets the best of me and I don’t know what to do with all these feelings. I hope you can forgive me because you are more than a friend to me. You are my family.

• I never meant to offend you. I’m sorry if it caused you pain, and I hope we can put this behind us. I know that trying to understand each other is frustrating, but I’m glad we talked. Sometimes we just look at the world through different eyes. But I love you, and one of the best things about our friendship is that you always tell me when something isn’t right. You have my back because we are friends.

• I’m sorry! I don’t know what got into me. I know you only want the best for me and I just can’t help it sometimes. I worry too much, I guess. But I mean it when I say that when you hurt, I hurt. It doesn’t matter if we fight or not, I love you more than words could ever express.

• I am so sorry for the way I treated you. It hurt me inside to know I upset you. I woke up and saw it was 20:48 and remembered I hadn’t called or texted you. I have been so selfish, only thinking about my own feelings that I didn’t even think about yours. You were right and I was wrong -no matter what it may cost us in the future, your happiness is more important.

• I’m sorry I yelled! That was so unlike me. I also didn’t mean to give you the wrong impression of what happened with me and my former roommate. It was totally innocent; nothing went on between us.

• Hey Babe! I’m so sorry about everything that happened between us. Will you please forgive me? You are my best friend and I love you more than anything. I want to move forward and put this behind us. I am so sorry and hope to hear from you soon.

• I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings over this silly fight. You are a wonderful person and I know we argue often but we have always been able to work it out because we care about one another so much. I really need you in my life and hope you will forgive me. I love you too much to lose you.

• I am writing this apology as an attempt to clear the air between us. I hope you do not take this letter as a “threat”; it is meant more to clear my conscience and to help us both move on from anything that happened in the past. I just can’t express how truly sorry I am for any resent feelings between us. If there is anything I can do please don’t hesitate to ask. I love you and appreciate your friendship with me.

• I just wanted to let you know I’m sorry for our fight the other day. I know we have been going through a rough patch and I know it’s only getting worse by the day, but we’ll get through it, you know why? Because WE LOVE each other and I’m sure sorry for starting all that drama earlier. I understand how you must feel about me and of course, I wouldn’t want to be in your position now.

• I am so sorry for how I acted the other night. Sometimes my emotions get away from me, and I don’t know how to control them. I feel bad that you were worried about me after I left. You are such a good friend and I apologize that I put both of us through this drama.

• I’m sorry for everything I said and did. I was wrong and I shouldn’t have let my anger get the better of me. You are so much more than just a friend to me and I didn’t mean to hurt you in any way. If you can forgive me please know that I will never take our friendship for granted again and that I really do treasure it more than anything else in my life.

• I am so sorry for being such a jerk. I was wrong and I apologize. You have been there for me through some tough times and you are the best friend anyone could ask for. I will do all I can to make it up to you. I Love You!

• Friend, I just wanted to apologize for the argument we had yesterday. I am sorry I was so harsh and that I said some things that shouldn’t have been saying. Sincerely, Your friend.

• I’m sorry for the way I treated you. I don’t want to lose your friendship and I shouldn’t have made you feel like you did. I was wrong, and please forgive me.

• I’m sorry for the way I acted yesterday. It is not ok to treat you that way and I should have said something before I lost my temper. I apologize, I will try to handle our situations better in the future and hope that you can forgive me.

• I can’t even begin to tell you how grateful I am that we’re friends. You have stood by my side through so many tough times, and I don’t know if I will ever be able to express just how thankful I am. I love your comforting hugs and the way you encourage me when I feel like giving up. Your friendship means so much to me, and I hope that one day we can be friends again.

• I miss you so much, the relationship we once shared. I guess we just grew apart, a lot grew apart. I don’t know if you will ever be able to forgive me. But I am so sorry if I hurt your feelings, or you in any way. I thought things were fine between us and that we were good friends. Is there anything I can do to fix this?

• I’m sorry that I was so mean to you. I could never stay mad at you long, though. You are one of my best friends in the whole world. I just wish that we could be better at talking to each other when something comes between us. I love you and hope that you can understand how truly sorry I am.

• I miss our friendship and I’m sorry for all the hurtful things I said. Now I know that you have tried your hardest in everything you did. I just hope that someday we can be friends again.

• I never meant to hurt you. I hope you understand that my words weren’t meant to cause such pain. In a heated moment, I said things I didn’t mean and I’m sorry that they stung so much. Please give me another chance. I love you and I miss you.

• I know I said some pretty hurtful things last night. I feel awful about it now, even if you yelled things at me too. Even if we are mad at each other we are still best friends and I just want to make sure we don’t lose that. I hope you know how sorry I am, and that it will never happen again. My life would not be the same without you in it.

• I miss you. I miss our talks, our laughs, your smile and all that crazy energy. I love you like a brother and I know that if this happened years from now, we would have made up in a heartbeat and laughed it off. You mean the world to me. I just want to see your face once more before I do anything drastic or silly. Please call me back so we can talk again. I am so sorry dear!

• I am so sorry for making you feel bad about our friendship. I never meant to hurt you or push you away, that was a total mistake on my part. I really don’t know what got into me that day… I guess the pressure I was under had me in a state of confusion. I am sorry for being so stupid and saying what I said, it was wrong of me. I completely understand if you do not forgive me but I just want to say that no matter what, I will keep being your friend.

• I am so sorry I got upset over such a small thing. I never should have said the terrible things I said and I could never take back the pain it caused you. I hope we can forget this fight and never get into another one like it again.

• We have always been there for one another and I hope that never changes. You mean so much to me and I would hate to lose you as a friend because of stupid things. Love is never lost; it can only be expanded by the power of friendship. We will always be friends and I hope we can put this behind us.

• You were always there for me, through thick and thin. I’m sorry for being a jerk last night. You didn’t deserve any of that. They were my issues, not yours, and I kind of took them out on you. It won’t happen again, I promise. But I do know that I would be nowhere without you and there isn’t anything that would make me stop loving you or being there for you in any way.

• I am so sorry for everything I said, I didn’t mean it. I understand that you think different and I shouldn’t have made fun of you. I should have kept your feelings in mind more and tried to talk with you about it instead of shutting down. I would do anything to take back what happened and make it never have happened so that we can still be together.

• I’m sorry. The other night when we had that fight, we really hurt each other’s feelings. I’m sorry I yelled at you and was so frustrated. It wasn’t right of me to yell, but I really needed to let out my anger and frustration, and I thought it was better coming from me rather than having it build up inside and take it out on someone else. I hope you accept my apology and give me another chance to be your friend again.

• I am so sorry for all the hurtful things I said. I will never forget how much you mean to me, and those things are not even close to what’s really on my mind. You are one of the best people I know, and most importantly you are a friend. It is this friendship that is so important to me, and no matter how many petty fights we may have, it will never change how I feel about you in my heart.

• I know I can be sensitive and crazy; I’ve yelled at you. We’ve had some huge fights that seemed like it was never going to end, but you were always there for me. I’m truly sorry if I hurt your feelings or made you feel like our friendship was falling apart. I’m glad we’re still friends because I care about you so much and don’t want to lose our friendship over something small.

• I’m sorry I was a jerk to you earlier. I wish we didn’t fight like that, my best friend and I’m sorry if I hurt your feelings. I appreciate everything you do for me and when things get rough, you are there for me. And when I was calling you names it felt like I was hurting myself, when we were fighting, I felt like you were tearing at my heart. Please forgive me.

• Hey, I’m writing this because after our fight I should have done it and since I didn’t, I’m doing it now. I know I made a big mistake by saying bad things to you and accusing you of stuff that wasn’t true. I and you are best friends, and if there was no you in my life, I would be so unhappy sometimes.

• I’m sorry. After everything you did for me, I blew up at you. I know how hard you try to put a smile on my face, and I took that for granted. So here it is, my apology. I will do anything to make it up to you because I do not want any bad blood between us. I hope that we can be friends again soon and you can show me how much I mean to you all over again.

• I am so sorry for all the pain I have caused you. I never meant to hurt you and I hope you forgive me so we can start over again. I love you and I miss our friendship.

• I’m so sorry that I yelled and got mad at you. I was in the wrong, but that doesn’t mean you were. You were just trying to help me and it hurt that you would think so little of me. I promise I won’t do it again! We’re best friends and we will always be here for each other. I love you!

• I so wish I could take back all that I said. I know what a jerk I’ve been and I’m sorry for it. When you left the other night, I felt more lost than ever. It made me realize a few things. First – How much I miss you and how much it hurts me when we fight. Second, how much you mean to me and how important your friendship is to my life. Third, how much I love you!

• Friend, sorry for the way I acted yesterday. I was really stressed out and I took it out on you. For that, I am truly sorry and hope we still can be friends!

• I really miss us hanging out. I miss you. Everything feels so different since we stopped talking. Maybe we need to try again and make things, right?

• I’m so sorry for yelling all that hurtful stuff. I didn’t mean half of it, but I was so mad and I love you so much. I really am sorry for everything.