It’s happened to all of us at some point: you receive a message on WhatsApp and when you go to see what it says, the message has been deleted. Human beings are naturally curious.so it is understandable that many of us have doubts. What did he say? We want to know, no matter how casual or unimportant the conversation is.
For better or worse, there are ways to find out what the message that was sent to you and then deleted says. In the case of Samsung Galaxy phones, it’s not even necessary to install an app or go through a complicated process, How to read deleted WhatsApp messages is hidden in the settings menu system. Here’s how to do it, but remember: with great power comes great responsibility.
How to Read Deleted WhatsApp Messages on Samsung Galaxy
To use this powerful (and dangerous) tool, we need to make a single change in the system settings options of our Samsung Galaxy mobile. This is not a very intuitive function, since it is not accessible in one or two clicks. But here it is, available to satisfy our curiosity.
The function we will use is called Notification Historyand its purpose is to allow us to view all the alerts and notifications we have received in the last 24 hours. This is very useful, especially in cases where we have accidentally dismissed a notification and we no longer remember which application it belonged to.
On the other hand, we can also take advantage of the notification history to see a record of the WhatsApp messages we have received in the last 24 hours, and this includes deleted messagesbecause although the person who sent us the message deleted it from the chat, the notification reached our mobile phone and was therefore recorded in the history.
There are a few things to keep in mind when using this feature, but let’s start with Enable it on our Samsung Galaxy phones by following these steps
- We go to the system settings menu
- We access the section Notifications
- We continue Advanced Settings
- Finally, we select Notification History and we activate this function
Now all notifications will be saved in this history for one day. To be able to see deleted WhatsApp messages, we will have to return to this screen and read between the app notification log.
However, this function has some limitations:
- First of all, we will only be able to read deleted messages after enabling notification history. This means that if you came to this article after seeing a deleted message on your WhatsApp, you will not be able to read it, but you will be able to prevent this from happening to you again Activation of the historical function
- Additionally, if the deleted message is in a chat that you have muted, you will not be able to read it either. since you did not receive the notification on your phone (unless you were mentioned or tagged in a group, for example, which notification you should have received)
- Last but not least, it allows you to read deleted messages, but I don’t hear the deleted voice notes
After enabling notification history, you will no longer have any questions, you will be able to know what that message says that for some reason was deleted in the chat. In this article we explain how to use it on a Samsung Galaxy, but this feature is also available on other Android phones.
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