WhatsApp is finally prioritizing privacy and security and adding many useful features to the app. Earlier this year, the Facebook-backed company released see once to send disappearing media in chat. With a recent update, WhatsApp is continuing to use Disappearing messages. This is how you can enable and use disappearing messages in WhatsApp.
The disappearing message function is limited to 7 days only. WhatsApp is moving forward by adding new duration options like 24 hours, 7 days and 90 days.
Enable disappearing messages by default in WhatsApp
The company allows users to enable message timer to disappear by default for new chats and groups. It is hidden in the Settings menu. This is how you can access and enable message timer in WhatsApp.
Step 1: Open WhatsApp on Android or iPhone.
We will be using the WhatsApp Android app in the screenshot below for reference.
Step 2: Tap the three-dot menu at the top and open Settings.
Step 3: Select Account.
Step 4: Tap Privacy.
Step 5: Select Default Message Timer in the Disappearing Messages menu.
You can choose 24 hours, 7 days or 90 days. All new personal chats will start with disappearing messages set to the selected duration when you enable this option.
This setting will not affect your existing chats. Your existing WhatsApp remains unaffected by this change.
All your new chats are set to disappear after the set time. In our case, we chose 24 hours to delete both parties’ conversation after 24 hours.
Enable disappearing messages for WhatsApp groups
You also have an option to enable disappearing messages in WhatsApp groups. When you create a new group from scratch, you’ll see an option to enable and use messaging time for groups. Here is how it works.
Step 1: Open WhatsApp on your phone.
Step 2: Tap the More menu at the top and select New Group.
Step 3: Select a team member from the following menu and continue.
Step 4: Give the group a name and you will see the Messages option disappear below.
Tap it and choose a message timer to automatically delete WhatsApp messages. You can choose 24 hours, 7 days or 90 days. We hope WhatsApp offers more time to choose from – such as 30 days, 45 days or 60 days.
Use Disappearing Messages for existing WhatsApp chats
When you enable disappearing messages from WhatsApp Settings, the feature will only apply to new chats. Your current chat thread remains unaffected. However, you can easily allow the message to disappear for any chat. This is the way.
Step 1: Open WhatsApp and select a chat for which you want to enable disappearing messages.
Step 2: Tap the contact name at the top.
Step 3: Select Disappearing Messages.
Step 4: Select Message Timer from the following menu and you are ready to see the messages disappear after a set amount of time.
Use Disappearing Messages for existing WhatsApp groups
Although WhatsApp has implemented the option to add a message timer while creating a group, you can add temporary messages to existing WhatsApp. Go through the steps below to make changes.
Step 1: Open a WhatsApp group.
Step 2: Tap the group name at the top.
Step 3: From the Disappearing Messages menu, select the group messaging timer.
In some cases, you may not have permission to change settings. Group admins or people authorized by the group admin can make changes.
Disable disappearing messages in WhatsApp
If you don’t want the message to disappear from all chats, you can always turn off this option in WhatsApp Settings.
The thing is, you might not want to enable message timer for all new WhatsApp chats. Some WhatsApp chats may be too important for you to keep messages longer. Turn off disappearing messages in WhatsApp using the steps below.
Step 1: Open WhatsApp and go to Settings.
Step 2: Select Account and open Privacy.
Step 3: Tap the default message timer.
Turn off disappearing messages for new WhatsApp chats and WhatsApp will not automatically delete messages for you.
Leave no trace on WhatsApp
While WhatsApp has done a good job with the privacy options, it doesn’t match Telegram’s secret chat and other functions.
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