diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ios_command_edit_macro_dont_handle_no_macro.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/ios_command_edit_macro_dont_handle_no_macro.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cb3f5c75bbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/ios_command_edit_macro_dont_handle_no_macro.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - ios_config - fixed issue where the "no macro" command was erroneously handled by edit_macro(). https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55212
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_config.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_config.py
index 28bb5fc9325..0a66a1ef194 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_config.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_config.py
@@ -356,7 +356,9 @@ def check_args(module, warnings):
 
 
 def edit_config_or_macro(connection, commands):
-    if "macro name" in commands[0]:
+    # only catch the macro configuration command,
+    # not negated 'no' variation.
+    if commands[0].startswith("macro name"):
         connection.edit_macro(candidate=commands)
     else:
         connection.edit_config(candidate=commands)