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WhatsApp has offered users the option to delete messages for everyone, which is a potential lifesaver if you accidentally send the wrong text message to the wrong person. However, if you want your messages to disappear automatically, WhatsApp has finally implemented its Disappearing Messages feature for all users on both Android and iOS.
At the moment, the feature allows you to make your messages disappear after 7 days and you can enable this in specific chats, including individual and group chats (if you are an administrator).
To enable this, simply enter a chat and go to Group Information by tapping on the name of the group or person at the top of the screen. You should find a new option “Disappearing messages” on the “Encryption” setting.
At the moment there is only one on / off switch and this will make new messages in the chat disappear after 7 days. For clarity, WhatsApp says that this will not prevent people from saving the message elsewhere. Other users can still copy, take screenshots or forward the message to someone else which will be kept permanently.
According to the FAQ, the message will also disappear if someone does not open WhatsApp in the 7 day period. However, if someone replies to a message, the quoted text could remain even after the 7-day period.
If a user backs up before the seventh day, messages will also be backed up. However, if the message is older than 7 days, WhatsApp says that it will be deleted automatically when the chat history is restored.
When it comes to images and videos, the attached media will also disappear from the chat. However, it will still be saved on the phone if the recipient enables automatic download.
Unfortunately, there is no option to change the duration of the automatic disappearance. When the disappearing messages feature was spotted in a beta version last year, there were options to change it to as little as 1 hour, 1 day, or up to 1 month and 1 year.
If it is confidential information, it is best to delete the message immediately. Or better yet, don’t share it on WhatsApp and use other IM platforms like Telegram which has a more sophisticated secret chat with a flexible self-destruct timer.
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