Earlier, Mark Zuckerberg and other executives retracted messages from their recipients’ inboxes, a feature that’s not available to everyone on Facebook Messenger.
Facebook confirmed that it would soon let everyone unsend messages and is already considering how to build this product. However, the ability won’t be coming anytime soon and might take several months.
Many Facebook users feel that the ability to “unsend” messages should be available to everyone and consider the company’s actions as a breach of trust. After TechCrunch’s story went live, Facebook issued a statement that confirms plans to make the Unsend feature available to all Messenger users in the coming months.
Apparently, the reason Facebook allowed Mark Zuckerberg and other executives to “unsend” their messages was to protect their communications after Sony Pictures’ emails were hacked four years ago.
The company also clarified that it would no longer retract messages of executives until the feature is available to everyone.
However, Facebook didn’t disclose any timeline as to when the feature will be rolling out or how it is planning to implement the unsend feature. According to TechCrunch report, the possible solution is giving an option to the sender to set a timer, and once it runs out, the message will vanish from both inboxes much like how Zuckerberg’s messages were retracted.
You’ll also recall that Facebook is the owner of WhatsApp and this feature is already available on WhatsApp messenger, so seeing this feature comes to Facebook will be a welcome development.
Source: Techcrunch
That’s a very nice addition, it’s long overdue.
Nice one for those who use the facebook messenger app frequently
A welcomed development but like everything else it has it advantages and disadvantages.
Wow, I have been waiting for this for so long now
A welcome development..
not really a fan of Facebook but nice one.
I don’t like messaging on Facebook. I prefer whatsapp. So I’m not really concerned about this development.
Nice step facebook.
This is good
I don’t use the facebook messenger. I access facebook via my chrome browser which does not need the messenger app to send or receive messages
making sense…waiting for it
so their executives have been using it since. these guys no dey try o. they should make it public abeg
Another welcome feature to Facebook Messenger app
It will be a welcomed development indeed
Great development by the team
That’s nice.
I expected this long time ago
I can’t just wait to have dis,thanks alot for the info
Its a welcome development. Nice one from fb. But they never considered this until all this problem of users info leaking came up