Once again, the instant messaging application has surprised its users with a new option that is very useful. It is about temporary messages, a secret trick that very few users of WhatsApp they know. This alternative is one of the new options that the Meta application brings to safeguard our privacy, since after a certain time it deletes the chat messages and prevents them from being visible forever. What is it about and how does it work? In the following paragraphs we tell you.
With this trick you can make the messages disappear after 24 hours, 7 days or 90 days, everything will depend on the period you choose. Once this option is activated, the new messages you have with other people will disappear from your chats, and the best thing is that you do not need a third-party application.
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Step by step to activate temporary messages in WhatsApp
WhatsApp temporary messages are not active by default: we have to activate them to be able to use them. Once done, yes, you can use them on all the platforms on which this popular instant messaging application works. It can be Android, iOS or on the web. To activate it, just follow these steps:
- Open the WhatsApp chat where you want to activate temporary messages
- Tap the contact’s name.
- Click on the Temporary messages option and then click on Continue
- Finally, select the duration of your temporary messages that can be: 24 hours, 7 days or 90 days.
On the other hand, you should know that any user can activate temporary messages in an individual chat, while only administrators can do it in group conversations.