
Our goal is to make conversations on WhatsApp feel as close to in-person as possible, which means they shouldn’t have to stick around forever.”ĭisappearing messages can be enabled by tapping the chat name at the top of the screen and scrolling down to a new option for “disappearing messages” to turn it on. “While it’s great to hold on to memories from friends and family, most of what we send doesn’t need to be everlasting. “The shopping list or store address you received a few days ago will be there while you need it, and then disappear after you don’t. “We’re starting with seven days because we think it offers peace of mind that conversations aren’t permanent, while remaining practical so you don’t forget what you were chatting about,” the company says in a blogpost. There is no option to change the length of time messages are stored, for instance and the service also removes images and videos sent. This helps support my content, and enables me to continue creating content like this.Unlike some competitors, such as the secure messaging app Signal, WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook, decided against offering flexibility to users.

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