WhatsApp has officially announced the development of its Disappearing Messages feature. According to the official information, once enabled, new messages sent in the individual or group chat will disappear after seven days. The most recent selection controls all messages in the chat.
This setting won’t affect messages you previously sent or received in the chat. In an individual chat, either user can turn disappearing messages on or off. In a group chat, only group admins can turn disappearing messages on or off.
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By default, the media you receive in WhatsApp will be automatically downloaded to your photos. If disappearing messages are turned on, media sent in the chat will disappear but will be saved on the phone if auto-download is on. You can turn auto-download off in WhatsApp Settings > Data and Storage Usage.
WhatsApp recommends using it carefully because the recipient has the choice to forward the message or save this before disappear it.
The FAQ page is now live on the WhatsApp website, the feature is likely to start rolling out to users sometime in the coming weeks. This feature will be available to users on Android, iOS, KaiOS, and the Web.
How to Enable disappearing messages
Either user can enable disappearing messages in an individual chat. Once enabled, messages in the chat will disappear after seven days.
- Open the WhatsApp chat.
- Tap the contact’s name.
- Tap Disappearing messages.
- If prompted, tap CONTINUE.
- Select On.
How to Disable disappearing messages
Either the user can disable disappearing messages at any time. Once disabled, messages sent in the chat will no longer disappear.
- Open the WhatsApp chat.
- Tap the contact’s name.
- Tap Disappearing messages.
- If prompted, tap CONTINUE.
- Select Off.
