This mobile messaging application is currently one of the most used worldwide, which is why it frequently presents new updates for all its users. One of them has been the power to delete WhatsApp messages both received and sent. This new option is now available for both iOS devices, Windows 10 Mobile and Android >.
However, this can be done in a certain time, this is how after sending a message through the application you will only have 68 minutes to be able to delete it, for both you and the other user. You can use this option in both WhatsApp groups and personal chat without any problem.
Being able to carry out this function is very easy, currently you can also delete messages from the application version on computers without any problem. Due to the great acceptance that this new instant messaging tool has had we will show you step by step how you can cancel the messages received as sent from your mobile device.
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Steps to delete messages sent and received in Whatsapp Messenger
Being able to delete both messages received and sent from WhatsApp has become a great alternative for all users, since it is very likely that at some point you will write something that we do not want later read by the other person. To do this, has enabled the option to delete said message from the chat either only for you, for the receiver or all people if it is a group.
In this way the mobile application gives you the opportunity to regret your words, for this gives you a time limit so you can delete it and prevent it from being read . Either because you think it is better not to say what you have written or simply consider it better to remain silent. To do this you can do it in different ways, which we will explain below:
Delete only for me
The mobile application allows you to delete the messages you have sent. However, these can be deleted only for you or for everyone. This will depend on the function you choose . Keep in mind that if you have sent something to another user but for some reason you don’t want that message to continue appearing in your device’s chat you can delete it just for yourself .
When performing this function, this message will continue to appear to the receiver. Therefore, if you want to delete a chat message just for you , you just have to follow the following steps:
- Once you have sent the message to the other user, what you have to do is click on the text you have sent.
- After clicking on it, this will be selected and you will press on the option of the addedPapelerand.
- Now a new window will appear where you will get three options, there you will choose “Delete for me”.
- Once this is done, that message will be removed from your chat and you will receive a warning that will indicate “Message deleted”.
- When you do this, the text of that message will no longer appear on your device , but keep in mind that will still appear in the recipient’s chat .
Delete for all
The App also allows you to be able to delete the message that you have sent both for yourself and for the other person. This in case you have written something and the second you regret sending it and you do not want the other person to finish reading it. Keep in mind that this tool can be used both in personal chat and in WhatsApp groups.
However, it is important that you take into account that when you delete the message for everyone, the text you have deleted will be replaced by “You deleted this message.” Therefore, the Another person will automatically realize that you have deleted the message.
The process to carry out this is very similar to the previous process of “Delete only for me” to be able to perform this action just follow these steps:
- After you have sent the text, what you have to do is press on it.
- Then this will be selected and a menu will appear in the part at the top of the screen, there you will select the declaredPapelerand.
- Now a window with three options will appear, you will select “Delete for all”.
- Once you have chosen this, a window will appear where you must confirm that you want to delete the message, there you will press “OK” in this way the text will be automatically deleted of the chat, both for you and for other people .
- Where the text you deleted should appear “You deleted this message.”
- In this way you can cancel something that you have sent and that you do not want to be read , either because you have regretted what you have written or simply want to express yourself in a more correct way .
Those not yet read
It is possible that you have sent a message to another user and after a while it has not been read, but it is very possible that the time set by the App has already passed to be able to delete that message . In such a way that you will have to make use of a trick to be able to delete the message sent and not yet read by the other user.
In order to delete a message already sent but not yet read, you will perform the following steps:
- To begin it is important that you know what day and what time the message was sent . To do this you just have to press on the text and then select the “Information button”.
- We check the delivery date of the text but not yet read (double blue check) within the basic information of the message.
- Now you just have to activate the “Airplane mode” of the device. To do this you have to scroll down the mobile screen and select the “Airplane mode” icon.
- Now you have to close completely “WhatsApp” to do this you will do the following: Settings> Applications> WhatsApp> Force stop.
- The following is to go to the “Settings” of your device and look for the “Date and time” section.
- You will deactivate the “Automatic time zone” This will allow you to be able to set the time you want. Then you will set the time 1 or 2 minutes before the time you sent the message that you want to delete in instant messaging.
- Finally you can go back to the messaging application and look for the message you are going to delete. Now press on it and select the permittedPapelerand.
- Once this is done you will see a window with 3 options where you will select the option of “Delete for all”.
Delete a received message
You may have received a WhatsApp message from another user that you do not want to have in the conversation, either for some personal reason or for any other reason. So , that you want to remove it from your chat , keep in mind that you can only delete it for your chat, to be able to do this you just have to follow the following steps:
- The first thing you have to do is enter the chat where you want to delete the message you received .
- Once you’re in the conversation you have to select said message.
- Now a series of options will appear at the top, you will select the “Trash”
- Next a window will appear where you must select “Delete for me”.
- Once you have deleted this message you should keep in mind that will no longer appear in your chat, but it will still appear in the other person’s chat.
In this way you can delete the messages of «Wasat» that you receive so that they do not appear more in your conversation.