Managing a WhatsApp group means you can add and remove contacts from the group, change the photo and name, and not much else, but that’s about to change. The app is already testing a novelty that has been rumored since last year: admins can delete any message.

It’s been a long time since WhatsApp introduced this option. delete for everyone, you can cancel the message if you regret it shortly (60 hours) after sending it. You can only undo your own messages, but now group admins can if you’re in a group.

Admin can delete messages for everyone

If we compare the moderation possibilities that the admin of a WhatsApp group has with other apps, the truth is they can’t do much. something so basic delete a message from the groupregardless of who wrote it, it wasn’t possible.

This is the cool innovation currently deployed on WhatsApp: deletion of messages by administrators. The concept is very simple: the admin of a group can delete any message for anyone, even if he didn’t write it himself.

While using delete for everyone As an admin in a group, WhatsApp warns us that the message will be deleted for all participants and an admin will appear to have removed it. The text “Deleted by admin” is displayed in the chat. This innovation is not yet active for all users, but is expected to be gradually expanded in the coming weeks.

Until now, admins could kick a user from the chat at any time, but everything they said before leaving remained in the chat forever, as only the sender could delete the message for everyone. With this change, managers have a little more control and tools to maintain order in WhatsApp groups.