There may be dozens or even hundreds of messages that we send through messaging apps daily. Therefore, it will be rare that we are not mistaken. And since all these apps don’t allow you to edit messages, there is no other option than delete messages already sent. Now, not in all of these apps it is possible to do this indefinitely, as they set a time limit.
So, in this article, we go over all the deadlines set by major apps such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, Facebook Messenger and Signal to delete messages that have already been sent. This way you can know how long you have to repent and delete the trace of your message.
WhatsApp gives you just over an hour to delete messages
Lately, WhatsApp is considering the possibility of completely deleting messages in seconds. And by completely, we mean that the message “This message has been deleted” will not even appear in the chat. However, for official purposes, WhatsApp allows you to delete messages, but leaving a trace.
And how long does it go? 4096 seconds since sending. That’s 1 hour, 8 minutes and 16 seconds. During this time we can cancel a message already sent which, although it leaves a trace, cannot be seen in the chat by the other person (or others, in the case of groups). That seems like a more than reasonable amount of time to regret sending a message, even though the app is considering extending it to two days.
Telegram beats WhatsApp at this point
The eternal comparison between WhatsApp and Telegram ends with a point in favor of the latter when it comes to canceling the messages sent. And that’s for three reasons, the first is that leaves no trace that the message was deletedso if the other person hasn’t seen it, they won’t know it’s arrived.
The other reason and the one that concerns us the most here is that has no time limit, being able to delete any message even if it was sent years ago. Before this limit was 2 years, but even more now. And to end this won battle of Telegram, say that even lets you delete entire conversations both for you and for the other person.
Instagram direct messages can also be deleted
Although this social network has many other well-known functions, there is no doubt that its direct messages are an essential part of it. And, as you probably already know, it’s possible to delete previously sent messages on Instagram. And, as in the previous ones, It doesn’t matter if it’s already been read.
As is the case with Telegram, Instagram doesn’t put a time limit on this feature. so you can delete all the messages you want at any time, although you have to go one by one. Also note the fact that leaves no tracebeing comparable to Telegram also in this sense.
Facebook Messenger, unlimited, but with trace
Yet another Meta app, just like WhatsApp, but greatly improves the deletion time of already sent messages. And it is that there is no time limit to cancel sends in Facebook Messenger chats.
Now it must be said that the application she’s particularly sneaky about it. And that’s it, not happy to appear in the chat”Your name canceled this message”, the application also sends a notification to the mobile to warn it. And it does not matter if the message is from years ago, since the application will report it. Therefore, it will be difficult for the user. other person don’t know.
Signal, very similar to WhatsApp in this section
The Signal private messaging application closes this post as a good compromise compared to what has been seen in the previous ones. Its downside is that leave a trace in the chat when a message is deleted and it adds an undo time limit, but it’s not particularly short.
However, Signal improves on the well-known WhatsApp, extending its message deletion limit to 120 minutes. That is, for 2 hours after sending a message, we can completely delete it from the chat even if it has been read. Although, as we said, a notice will appear telling you that we have deleted a post.
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