You can now delete WhatsApp messages two days later

WhatsApp is now releasing an update that will let users delete messages up to two days after they were sent.

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The change in the option to delete sent messages was announced by WhatsApp itself on its Twitter profile.

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More specifically, WhatsApp users will have 2 days and 12 hours to delete a message after sending it.

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Interestingly, while WhatsApp is increasing the time users have to delete a message, Apple is going in the opposite direction with iMessage.

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The popular WhatsApp and iMessage competitor Telegram lets users edit and delete messages without any limits.

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As noted by MacMagazine, WhatsApp has also been working on a feature to let group admins delete messages from any users.

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