Nothing lasts forever, not even WhatsApp messages. Four years ago, WhatsApp rolled out the delete feature for everyone (sender and recipient), which was available for a short time. You initially had seven minutes to regret a message. Now limit goes up to 60 hours.

60 hours, two days and twelve hours, or two and a half days This is what you have now to delete a message from WhatsApp chat, after the app announced last month that the new limit possible in beta is available to everyone.

Two and a half days to delete a message

WhatsApp significantly increases the amount of time you have before you regret it after a message. If less than 60 hours have passed Because you sent it, you can delete it for everyone so it doesn’t show up on your phone or the other person’s phone. Instead, the text is displayed you canceled this message.

Initially, WhatsApp gave everyone seven minutes to delete a message, but later it increased to 4096 seconds (1 hour, 8 minutes and 16 seconds). The last change is the most radical.Well, we went from a little over an hour to over two days.

Ours and other shippers A new version of WhatsApp For the invention to work, it may take some time before this new limit becomes the new standard. For example, WhatsApp for Windows still does not allow us to delete all messages with the new limit.

💭 Rethinking your message? You now have a little over 2 days to delete your messages from your chats after you hit the send button.

– WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) 8 August 2022

Otherwise, the process of deleting a message remains the same for everyone. Always within this 60-hour window from posting, you should select the message with a long tap and then press the trash icon. In the menu that appears, you will need to select delete for everyone. Note that this option is not without errors and there are still methods to recover deleted messages.