We have ALL sent a text message before and then immediately regretted it right?

 

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Well, now the team at WhatsApp have introduced a new feature that will let you ‘unsend’ those unfortunate messages.

Now, the feature is designed to ‘save the day’ when you drunk text your ex, send a mean text about someone to the WRONG person and other unfortunate circumstances.

As the team at WhatsApp said, “This is particularly useful if you sent a message to the wrong chat or if the message you sent contains a mistake,”

According to their FAQ page, this is how the feature works:

 

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:

 

  1. Open WhatsApp and go to the chat containing the message you wish to delete.
  2. Tap and hold the message > choose Deletefrom the menu. Optionally, select more messages to delete multiple messages at once.
  3. Tap Delete> Delete for Everyone.

 

As always, there are caveats…

 

  • 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.
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