Has it ever happened with you that you sent a message or
picture to someone or in a group which you never wanted to? Well I have seen an
instance when a person unintentionally sent messages (family photos) to a group
which he never wanted to. After that the person posted another message with the
request to everyone in the group to delete those family pictures since the
message has been sent by one of his children.
Well it seems that WhatsApp has heard to his problem and
many other such persons and recently rolled out the “Delete For Everyone”
feature allowing users to delete any unintended message within 7
minutes of sending it. However, it has been found out that a bug
allows users to engage the option long after the 7-minute limit has elapsed. The
new delete feature has now gone live for users over the last couple of days,
and it’s a useful addition to WhatsApp’s feature to delete any message sent by mistake
to any individual or group conversation.
How does this Feature Work?
This is possible by selecting the desired message and tapping
on the delete icon within 7 minutes. A window pops up with options such as “Delete
for Me”, “Cancel”, and “Delete for Everyone”. The window does not
close automatically after 7 minutes and selecting the “Delete for
Everyone” option wipes the message regardless of the time that has elapsed. It
is important to note that both parties should have the same version of the app
installed to use the feature. It also works on WhatsApp for web and the Desktop App.
This is how the whole process works
Something Techy and Buggy here!!
According to a report by Android Jefe shows
that the current version of WhatsApp has a bug or loophole which
allows any user to delete a message even after the time period of 7 minutes
from the time of sending. We were able to corroborate this report on our
devices and the bug does exist. In simple words it means that WhatsApp has made
a mistake as simply keeping the delete window open allows the user to
delete messages, even after the time window for doing so has passed. The delete
window is interfering here, as whenever WhatsApp detects the window is open,
the internal timer fails to finish and a message can be deleted whenever a user
wishes to delete it. – Source: xda
developers
Well some people have reported that by changing the time of
message send one can also delete the message even after 7 minutes time has
passed. Well that really needs a try.
Top 5 Amazing Facts of WhatsApp Deleting Messages after 7 Minutes
1.
WhatsApp is expected to fix
this bug in a future update -which most of the people don’t want to - as this
is not intended behavior and it is not happening by design.
2.
In a published support article, WhatsApp
notes that recipients "may see your messages before it's deleted or if
deletion was not successful", so the feature isn't guaranteed to work all
the time. It's also possible that some users may still see the messages in
notifications before they're deleted.
3.
Keep it in mind that users
aren't notified if a delete request fails, but messages that have been
successfully deleted for everyone will be replaced with "This message was
deleted" in recipients' chat threads.
4.
According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is
currently testing group voice calls internally, so it's likely this feature
will also turn up in a forthcoming update.
5.
Another feature stolen from
Telegram. Well done!
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That is really cool bug. Want more such bugs LOL
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