The “Delete For Everyone” feature in WhatsApp allows you to Recall or Delete Messages that you have already sent on WhatsApp. Let us take a look at how to use “Delete For Everyone” feature to Delete Sent Messages in WhatsApp.
Delete Sent Messages in WhatsApp
It happens to most of us, sometimes we send a Message on WhatsApp and immediately start thinking whether or not it was proper to send such a Message.
Luckily, “Delete for Everyone” feature in WhatsApp allows you to get out of this situation by allowing you to Delete Messages in WhatsApp, even after they have been sent.
This feature is also useful in case you end up sending a Message to the wrong Chat, post a somewhat personal Message in a Group Chat or you want to correct mistakes in a Sent WhatsApp Message.
According to WhatsApp, this feature only works if you take the steps to Delete Sent Messages in WhatsApp within 7 minutes of sending them. Once the Sent Message is successfully deleted, your original sent Message will be replaced with “This Message was deleted” in the recipients Chats.
Delete Sent Messages in WhatsApp on Android Phone
Follow the steps below to Recall or Delete Sent Messages in WhatsApp on your Android Phone
1. Open WhatsApp on your Android Phone (in case it is already not open)
2. Next, tap on the Chats tab located at the top of the screen.
3. From the Chats Screen, open that Chat from which you want to Delete Sent WhatsApp Messages.
4. Next, Press and Hold (Long Press) on the particular Message that you want to Delete and then tap on the Trash Can icon that appears in the top menu on your screen (See image below).
5. On the pop-up menu that appears, tap on Delete for Everyone option
The selected sent Message will be deleted and replaced with “You deleted this Message” on your screen. On the recipients screen, the deleted Message will be replaced with “This Message was deleted”.
Delete Sent Messages in WhatsApp on iPhone
First make sure that you have the latest version of WhatsApp on your iPhone and follow the steps below to Recall Sent Messages in WhatsApp.
1. Open WhatsApp on your iPhone (in case it is not already open)
2. Next, tap on the Chats option from the bottom of your screen.
3. On the Chats Screen, tap on the Chat from which you want to Recall Sent WhatsApp Messages.
4. Next, Press and Hold (Long Press) on the particular Message that you want to Recall and then tap on the Delete option in the contextual menu that appears (See image below).
5. Once the Message is selected, tap on the Trash Can icon located at the bottom left corner of your screen (See image below).
6. On the slide up menu that appears, tap on Delete for Everyone option.
7. Finally, tap on OK in the next pop-up to Confirm that you do want to Delete the selected Message.
Once the selected Message is successfully Deleted For Everyone, the sent message will be replaced with “You deleted this Message” on your screen.
As mentioned above, this feature will only work if you take the necessary steps to Recall Sent Messages in WhatsApp within 7 minutes of sending them. There is no way to Delete or Recall Sent WhatsApp Messages once the initial 7 minutes have passed.
Also, this feature will only work if the other person or other recipients are using the latest version of WhatsApp (2.17.71 for iOS and 2.17.393 for Android devices).
In cases where any of the recipients are using an older version of WhatsApp, they might be able to see the Message before it was deleted.
Delete For Me in WhatsApp
In addition to “Delete for Everyone” that we covered above, WhatsApp provides another option to delete Messages know as “Delete for Me.”
As you can guess from its name, this option only deletes Messages from your Chat screen and has no impact on the Recipients Chats.
To confirm, deleting WhatsApp Messages using “Delete For Me” has no effect on the Chats of your Recipients. They will continue to see your Messages, even after you have deleted them on your device using “Delete For Me” option.
