Temporary WhatsApp messages: how to activate messages that self-destruct

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The long-awaited function of messages that self-destruct after a certain time is finally available on WhatsApp.

To

just have to follow a few simple steps.

As the company explains, its goal is "for conversations on WhatsApp to be as similar as possible to encounters in person, so they should not be kept forever."

Thus, when activating this option in a conversation, new messages - that is, only those sent after starting the function - will disappear after seven days, which, in the company's opinion, "will help the conversation to feel lighter and more private. "

In an individual chat, either of the two participants can activate or deactivate the function, while in groups, only those who manage them can do so.

How to activate temporary WhatsApp messages

The first thing is to make sure we have the latest version of the application.

The easiest way is to go to the app store of our operating system, either Google Play or the App Store, and look for the updates section: if we can already download the most recent version of WhatsApp, it will appear there.

Once this is done, to activate the self-destructing messages, just select the specific conversation, touch the name of the contact and click on

, choose

and click on

.

To deactivate them, you just have to follow the same path, but choose the opposite option.

At the moment self-destruction can only be activated after a week, although WhatsApp will offer more options in the future, although it is not yet known what they will be or when it will be launched.

As for the images, although they will disappear from the conversation over time, they will not be deleted from the phone if they have already been stored on it.

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It must be remembered that this setting does not apply to messages previously sent or received in the chat, so all the information that we want to disappear prior to self-destruction must be deleted manually.

It is also important to know that the message is deleted within seven days of being sent, regardless of whether the recipient has opened it or not.

Despite this, the message preview could still show in notifications until WhatsApp is opened.

In addition, when responding to a message that quotes the initial message, "the quoted text can remain in the chat after seven days," according to the company.

Also, if a temporary message is forwarded to a chat with temporary messages turned off, the message will not disappear in that chat.

They will also be stored if a user creates a backup before the message disappears, but they will be deleted when a user restores from the backup.

Of course, we must not forget the more pedestrian ways to save these 'secret' messages, such as screenshots, copying the content or even taking a photo.

For this reason, WhatsApp recommends "that you only use temporary messages with trusted people."

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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