WhatsApp is taking its ‘Delete for Everyone’ feature (one that lets users
recall/delete their messages) to a new level.
You’ll recall that WhatsApp rolled out its most anticipated feature, ‘Delete
for Everyone’, in 2017 that allowed over one billion users to revoke their
messages in a private or group conversation.
The users could only delete messages for everyone for
up to seven minutes after sending.
up to seven minutes after sending.
“Once seven minutes have passed, there is no way
to delete messages for everyone,” Facebook-owned WhatsApp had said in its
updated FAQ.
to delete messages for everyone,” Facebook-owned WhatsApp had said in its
updated FAQ.
But there is a little adjustment as sported by WABetainfo on a new updated
feature. The most recent WhatsApp
beta (v2.18.69) for Android now gives users up to 4,096 seconds (68 minutes and
16 seconds) to delete a message for everyone in a chat. Currently, in stable
builds.
This release is currently available for Android beta and would soon find its way
to iOS and windows phone users.
WhatsApp had been working on this feature for almost a
year.
year.
Messages that the user successfully deletes for
everyone will be replaced with “This message was deleted” in the
recipients’ chats.
everyone will be replaced with “This message was deleted” in the
recipients’ chats.
Similarly, if a person happens to see “This
message was deleted” in a chat, it means that the sender deleted their
message for everyone.
message was deleted” in a chat, it means that the sender deleted their
message for everyone.
This is way more better than the previous 7 mins.
Cool, always thought that 7mins grace period was too short
Nice but whats the gain if the person or group you sent it to has already seen and maybe save a copy of the message?
All thesame, i love the fact the programmers are working round the clock
It really make sense
It doesn't make any sense to me…before deleting sef people don screenshot…the best thing is dnt make any mistake posting rubbish
Wow these app is becoming more loveable by the day… Time to start deleting unwanted messages. Thanks for the update prof Yomi
cmon whatsapp you can do better than this now…good one sha
Delete or no delete, the deed has already been done. I'll rather take my time before sending a message rather than been given an opportunity to delete a message that could be screenshot by the recipient
This is better than the first update the rolled out.
Nice one Whatsapp
Wow,that is really nice from WhatsApp
Kudos to WhatsApp for extending the window period to delete mistakenly sent messages
Better than the previous 7 mins. But y can't they just leave the time to be unlimited so dat u can delete it whenever u like just like d retract option in bbm.
it's okay I suppose. whatsapp always with the good things
WhatsApp always working round the clock. Their updates are always super. Non stop
This's not good enough
Wonderful
That a nice one from them
However, I hope WhatsApp can do more by adding a feature that won't show that you delete any message
Good