WhatsApp has started rolling out disappearing messages. If you send such a message in a chat conversation, it will automatically disappear after seven days. You can read exactly how that works in this tip.
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Disappearing messages on WhatsApp
That chat app WhatsApp would come with disappearing reports were equally known. From now on, the feature will actually roll out to users of version 2.20.206.10 of the app. On the Android Planet editors it can already be seen and used. That’s the point beta users of the app.
If you are not a tester, the function is already rolling out. For example, various Android Planet readers let us know that they see the option via email or in the comments below this article.
You can only enable the function for private or group conversations of which you are the administrator. To make use of automatic messages that disappear, use the steps below:
- Open WhatsApp on your smartphone
And open the ‘Chats’ window with all your conversations;
- Click on a (private) conversation in which you want to activate the function
This is how you open the conversation window;
- Tap that person’s name at the top
Then you will end up in the settings menu of that conversation ‘;
- Scroll to ‘Messages with due date’
Click on it, click on ‘continue’ and enable the feature.
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More about WhatsApp and expiration messages
As can be read in the information shown, messages automatically disappear from the conversation after seven days. This also applies to media sent, such as a photo or video. However, that type of content can still be viewed ‘outside the chat’, for example in the gallery app of your phone.
You should also take into account that a recipient can of course always forward the message or take a screenshot. As the person who sent the message, you will not be notified of this. If you enable the function, the conversation partner will be notified. This way he or she knows that messages disappear from the chat conversation after seven days.
As mentioned, only group call administrators can turn this feature on and off (right for everyone). The time span of the disappearance of messages cannot be switched on. Whether we will ever see a possibility, where this will also be after a few hours or, for example, a day, is still the question.
Are you not a tester, but do you already see the function? Let us know in the comments below this article!
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