Once you have sent a Whatsapp message, you can no longer change it. The only option you have right now is to delete it and compose a new message. That could change soon since WhatsApp’s website WA Beta Info is currently working on an edit button.
According to the site, the feature is currently in the development phase at Whatsapp and will soon be rolled out to beta testers. It is not yet known when the feature will be ready for a release. However, we get a first glimpse of what the feature might look like:
There are still many questions
There is still a lot of ambiguity in connection with the edit button. For example, we don’t know how long processing should be possible. Many services set a limited time for this, since otherwise chat histories can be falsified indefinitely. For example, Skype messages can only be edited 60 minutes after they are sent.
It is also unclear whether and how an edited text is marked. One possibility would be a small tag with the text processed
append or even show readers what the original text looked like. For example, everyone involved could understand the changes in group chats.
By the way, WhatsApp is still working on further changes for this year. You can read about them here:
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The feature should have been there 5 years ago
WA Beta Info also notes that the edit feature was planned five years ago, as evidenced by a 2017 tweet from the account:
link to Twitter content
At that time, however, the function did not make it into the final version. Why the developers decided to do this is not known. The feature should make it into the Android, iOS and desktop versions of Whatsapp with the second attempt.
If you use Whatsapp on an old iPhone, the app might stop working soon. In the following article we tell you which models are affected:
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Is the edit button a feature you’ve been wanting for a while, or are you perfectly content with deleting and retyping unwanted messages? Your opinion is in demand.