WhatsApp now has a new feature that deletes messages after seven days.
You can find out what users need to know here.
New messages, pictures and videos are deleted from WhatsApp *
after seven days
If you want to use the setting, you have to
activate it
individually
for
each chat
WhatsApp * users can use these tricks
to save expiring messages
Mountain View -
WhatsApp has
been working on it for a
long time
*, now it's official: The chat function
gets a new feature.
With the setting
"expiring messages"
, new
messages, videos and pictures
should be
deleted from the chat
after
seven days
.
If a user does not open WhatsApp for seven days, the messages also disappear automatically.
However, they may still see a preview of the message in the notifications.
As the messenger service further reports, old messages that were previously received or sent remain.
Automatically delete Whatsapp messages: This is how the new feature works
Activating the setting is
optional and must be
selected individually
for each
chat
.
For
group chats
, however, a different rule applies: There only can
administrators
decide whether the automatic deletion is to be activated or not.
The new function of the popular Messenger app * can be found in the chat history by clicking on the name of your contact.
You will
find
it there as the option
“running messages”
.
However, the setting is currently not available.
As Chip reports, however, it is quite possible that the self-deleting messages can be activated with the next update.
Warning: Self-deleting messages should only be sent to people you trust
The new WhatsApp function has a significant catch, however: WhatsApp warns that expiring messages
can be forwarded to another chat at any time before they disappear,
in which the function is not activated.
Because the message doesn't disappear there.
Messages can also
be saved as screenshots
.
But
photos of the content of the message can
also be taken with
another device
.
With the appropriate knowledge, the "self-destruction" can thus easily be avoided.
(nb)
*
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