WhatsApp Says Users Can Now Delete A Message Two-Way Two Days After Sending It. Of Course, There Is An Important Point About This Feature.

In a statement, WhatsApp announced that it has increased the duration of two-way deletion of messages from one hour to “just over two days”. If you want to use the new feature, go to the chat page where you sent the message. Tap and hold the desired message, tap Delete in the menu that opens, and finally select one of the two options Delete for everyone or Delete for me.

Do not forget an important point before deleting the two-way messages. According to Verge , in order to benefit from this feature, your other party must also have the latest version of WhatsApp installed on their phone.

If you use the latest version of WhatsApp, but the other party has an older version, the message will not be deleted bilaterally after one hour, and you will not receive any notification about the message not being deleted.

Telegram, as one of the main competitors of WhatsApp, has enabled two-way deletion of messages for a long time. Telegram allows you to delete the other party’s messages as well.

Apple’s iMessage, which is very popular among Americans, currently does not offer the ability to delete messages. Of course, this feature will be available in the new version of iOS that will be available this fall.