WhatsApp 'Delete for Everyone' feature to get new time
Users of WhatsApp will now be able to delete or unsend messages within 68 minutes and 16 seconds
(Web Desk) – WhatsApp will launch a major update in its "Delete for Everyone" feature by giving it a new time, media reports over the internet claimed recently.
According to WABetaInfo, “You can now delete messages for everyone sent within 4096 seconds, that is 68 minutes and 16 seconds.”
By this new revision, users of the instant-messaging app will be allowed to unsend or delete messages sent to their friends within over an hour. WhatsApp users had long awaited the extended time as the Delete for Everyone previously allowed only seven minutes of sending a message.
The new update is currently only available on Google Play Beta Program, bringing the version up to 2.18.69. Both Android and iOS versions of the smartphone app are expected in near future.
This is how Delete for Everyone on WhatsApp works:
1. Open WhatsApp and go to the chat containing the message you wish to delete.
2. Tap and hold the message > choose Delete from the menu. Optionally, select more messages to delete multiple messages at once.
3. Tap Delete > Delete for Everyone.
WhatsApp told in its FAQs that messages that are successfully deleted for everyone will be replaced with a note saying "This message was deleted" in the recipients chats. So next time if you see a note saying “This message was deleted" in your chat, you should know that someone deleted their message for everyone before you could see it.
