WhatsApp finally starts pushing 'Delete for Everyone' feature

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PublishedOct 27, 2017, 4:11 pm IST

Both sender and recipient should have the updated version to use the new feature.

The feature reportedly works for text, images, voice messages, locations, contacts and status updates. The deleted messages will be replaced with ‘This message was deleted’ in the recipients chat. The error also means that the message was deleted for everyone in the chat.

After a lot of speculation WhatsApp is finally rolling out its ‘Delete for everyone’ feature for its Android, iOS and Windows OS users.

According WaBetaInfo, WhatsApp users will now be able to recall the wrongly sent texts. The roll out is said to be sluggish and both sender and recipient should have the updated version to use the new feature.

WhatsApp informed its users saying "Deleting messages for everyone allows you to delete specific messages you have sent to either a group or an individual chat. This is particularly useful if you sent a message to the wrong chat or if the message you sent contains a mistake."

The feature reportedly works for text, images, voice messages, locations, contacts and status updates. The deleted messages will be replaced with ‘This message was deleted’ in the recipients chat. The error also means that the message was deleted for everyone in the chat.

Although, WhatsApp is yet to announce the roll out of the new feature, few users have already figured out that the feature can work similar to how the Gmail Undo feature works.

Take note that the Delete for Everyone will be a time sensitive feature and users will have only seven minutes to revoke the message. Also the texts contained in the quoted messages cannot be deleted. And the messages sent in a Broadcast List will also be intact to this feature.