23rd August, 2022
Whatsapp is rolling out a feature that lets other users delete your texts.
The new feature means that messages you’ve sent could vanish from chats even if you haven’t deleted them.
The feature is tied in to the Delete For Everyone feature.
Normally the feature lets you delete a message you’ve sent, recalling it from a conversation if you’ve made a mistake.
But WhatsApp has built a new version of this that lets the admins of group chats “unsend” any new text in a conversation.
The Sun reported that the feature was spotted by the tech investigators at WABetaInfo who regularly mine the “beta test” version of WhatsApp to find the latest changes.
If you run a group chat, you’ll be able to hold down on a new message and press Delete For Everyone.
This will “unsend” the text in the group chat, so no one will be able to read it.
The feature isn’t available on the general release version of WhatsApp just yet.
But it’s currently rolling out on the WhatsApp beta for both iOS and Android.
That means beta app users can try it out and test it before the full release.
Sadly it’s unclear when everyone will be able to use the new feature.
It could take days, weeks or even months to land on WhatsApp proper.
How to join WhatsApp beta
To download WhatsApp beta for your smartphone you need to go to Google Play on your Android and search for WhatsApp.
Scroll down the page until you see “Become a Beta Tester”.
Tap the “I’m In” button and then click “Join” to confirm.
Now all you have to do is wait for the update to the beta version of the app.