WhatsApp quietly changed its settings so that users can now delete messages up to an hour after they were sent.
WABetaInfo was first to notice that the creators of the messaging application changed the time limit for erasing sent messages from seven minutes to one hour, eight minutes and 16 seconds.
A new WhatsApp for iOS update (2.18.31) is available on AppStore.
It is a bug fixes update, but it has the new “Delete for everyone” limit, that’s 1 hour, 8 minutes and 16 seconds.— WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) March 8, 2018
For iPhones, the change came with iOS update 2.18.31. WhatsApp has yet to comment why it gave such a specific timing for the “Delete for everyone” option in the app. An hour, however, means that users will have more time to delete messages. In group chats, this could even mean that users can delete a whole batch of conversations that have not yet been seen by other members.
It should be noted that unlike Viber and other similar apps, WhatsApp currently does not have a secret conversation option, where conversations are not on the devices of both the sender and the recipient. Having this longer period of option to delete messages somehow helps WhatsApp have a more temporary conversation.
The “Delete for everyone” and “Delete for me” options were first introduced to WhatsApp in October. At that time, messages that were sent by mistake could only be deleted up to seven minutes after the user pressed the sent button.
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