Again and very calmly, the guys at Facebook are preparing the launch of a new feature, a feature highly anticipated by many users, especially for those who write and then think. The next update will allow all users of the messaging platform to delete sent messages, yes, only during the first 5 minutes after they have been sent.
After that time, if the blunder is very big, we can unsubscribe from the messaging platform or go live in a desert waiting for possible reprisals or reprisals. But what seems like a fantastic option has its buts, like almost everything and that is both devices must have the latest version of WhatsApp installed, which allows this option.
If you mistakenly send a text that you are forced to delete, both your terminal and the recipient's must have the latest version of WhatsApp installed. If this is not the case, the message will be left without the possibility of being deleted. Fortunately, both Android and iOS are responsible for updating applications to the latest version on most occasions, so we can consider it to be a minor problem, at least when this option begins to be deployed.
How to delete a message sent by WhatsApp
Taking into account the requirements I have mentioned above, Along with the time limitation offered by the platform, if we want to delete a sent message we must proceed as follows.
Delete sent messages on iPhone and Windows Phone
We just have to click on the message to select it and click on Cancel. If override, WhatsApp has preferred to use this term a bit ambiguous instead of the term erase, used more colloquially and that everyone understands the first time.
Delete messages sent on Android terminals
To delete a message on Android, the procedure is a bit more cumbersome, since we have to press on the message to select it and click on the menu button, located at the top of the chat and press Cancel.
WhatsApp will not confirm to us at any time that our message has been deleted, so at least initially, we will have to cross our fingers and pray that the messages are deleted correctly.