WhatsApp has finally got your back when you send a message to the wrong person or group.
The Facebook-owned messaging app is rolling a feature that will finally let its 1 billion-plus users delete a message for all people within a conversation.
Right now, the app’s delete feature is fairly useless because it only removes a message for the person who sent it. that means that those the message wasn’t intended for can still read it. but this new update can give the choice to “delete for everyone” which rids it from the chat for all. Instead they’ll see a notification explaining the message has been removed.
The feature is still rolling out so not everybody has it yet: I don’t, more details can be found on the company’s faq page:
To delete messages for everyone
Deleting messages for everyone allows you to delete specific messages you have sent to either a group or an individual chat. This is particularly useful if you sent a message to the wrong chat or if the message you sent contains a mistake.
Messages you successfully delete for everyone will be replaced with “This message was deleted” in your recipients’ chats (*). Similarly, if you see “This message was deleted” in a chat, it means that the sender deleted their message for everyone.
You can only delete messages for everyone for up to seven minutes after sending. Once seven minutes have passed, there is no way to delete messages for everyone. To delete messages for everyone:
To delete messages for yourself
Deleting messages for yourself allows you to delete your copy of messages you’ve sent or received from your phone. This has no effect on your recipients’ chats. Your recipients will still see the messages in their chat screen. To delete messages for yourself:
The sole caveat for that is that all conversation participants must have the most recent version of WhatsApp installed on their device. That’s a pretty major deal-breaker at this point but, as time goes by and more people update their app, the option to undo those embarrassing mis-messages will apply to more and more conversations.
Most WhatsApp users will agree that this update is long overdue.
Note:
- In order for messages to be successfully deleted for everyone, both you and your recipient must be using the latest version of WhatsApp for Android, iPhone or Windows Phone.
- (*) If you or your recipient are not using the latest version of WhatsApp for Android, iPhone or Windows Phone, this feature will not be supported.
- Recipients may see your message before it’s deleted or if deletion was not successful.
- You will not be notified if deleting for everyone was not successful.
How to delete Message ?
iPhone user
To delete messages for everyone
- Open WhatsApp and go to the chat containing the message you wish to delete.
- Tap and hold the message > choose Delete from the menu. Optionally, select more messages to delete multiple messages at once.
- Tap Delete >
Delete for Everyone.
To delete messages for yourself
- Open WhatsApp and go to the chat containing the message you wish to delete.
- Tap and hold the message > choose Delete from the menu. Optionally, select more messages to delete multiple messages at once.
- Tap Delete > Delete for Me.
Android User
To delete messages for everyone
- Open WhatsApp and go to the chat containing the message you wish to delete.
- Tap and hold the message. Optionally, tap more messages to delete multiple messages at once.
- Tap Delete
at the top of the screen > Delete for everyone.
To delete messages for yourself
- Open WhatsApp and go to the chat containing the message you wish to delete.
- Tap and hold the message. Optionally, tap more messages to delete multiple messages at once.
- Tap Delete at the top of the screen > Delete for me.
Windows Phone User
To delete messages for everyone
- Open WhatsApp and go to the chat containing the message you wish to delete.
- Tap and hold the message.
- Tap delete > delete for everyone.
To delete messages for yourself
- Open WhatsApp and go to the chat containing the message you wish to delete.
- Tap and hold the message.
- Tap delete > delete for me.
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